K. Vellathurai of Tiruppur district, one of the accused in the case pertaining to the fraudulent registration of the Palani math land, has filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail.

Justice K. Rajasekar directed the petitioner to implead the CB-CID as a respondent and posted the matter for hearing to July 22.

The petitioner claimed that he was a bona fide purchaser, who had no need to enrich himself out of the transaction and make a profit out of it.

He said the document had already been cancelled. He does not want to have any claim with respect to the property, he said, and sought anticipatory bail.

Sub-Registrar gets bail

lThe High Court had on July 17 granted interim bail, till August 4, to another accused, Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan Subramanian, who has been placed under suspension in the case of fraudulent registration of the Palani math land.

Meanwhile, CB-CID officials questioned former Joint Commissioner of Palani temple Marimuthu and other officials. A three-member committee formed by the Registration Department to conduct a thorough probe into the fraudulent registration has begun its inquiry.