J Jayalalithaa granted bail by Supreme Court Friday Oct 17,2014

 

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who has been in jail for three weeks after her conviction in a corruption case, got a major reprieve on Friday with the Supreme Court granting her 

bail

 

“We are suspending the sentence and releasing the petitioner on bail. You prepare the paperbook (case documents and file) and keep it ready in two months. Then we will tell the high court to hear the appeal in three months. 

But if the paperbook is not ready in two months, we will not give you a day more and cancel the bail,” Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, heading a three-judge bench, told her lawyer Fali.S. Nariman in a jampacked court at the end of an hour-long hearing. 

 

Also the court granted bail to Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasikala, the ex-CM’s disowned foster-son V.N. Sudhakaran and Sasikala’s relative Ilavarasi. 

Just before passing the bail order, Dattu said in a lighter vein: “I heard there was criticism — caricatures and cartoons in the media — that she was not granted bail by the Karnataka High Court as the judge was a Kannadiga. See I’m also a Kannadiga. I may be criticised if I grant bail. But for we judges, we are not bothered about what others say. We only go by our conscience.” 

After spending 22 days in jail, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will finally walk out on Saturday Oct 18,2014

Ahead of her release, Section 144 has been imposed around the Bangalore Central Jail where Jayalalithaa was lodged 

The Special Court in Bangalore on Saturday Oct 18,2014 issued the order for release of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from jail here in accordance with the Supreme Court order granting her bail in the disproportionate assets case.

The release order by Special Judge John Michael D’Cunha came after a bond for Rs two crore was furnished and surety of assets offered. Copy of the Supreme Court order was also produced before the court by Ms Jayalalithaa’s lawyers.

Ms. Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasikala and her relatives Sudhakaran and Elavarasi also fulfilled similar conditions.

Note

A special court in Bangalore had convicted the AIADMK on September 27 after finding her guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income during her first tenure as chief minister during 1991-96 and sentenced her to four years in jail

The Karnataka High Court rejected her bail plea on October07,2014

J Jayalalithaa, is the first politician to get bail in 21 days of incarceration either after conviction or during the trial stage.

The former Bihar Chief Minister, Lalu Prasad, convicted in the fodder scam case, got bail after nearly a year. 

The former Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, who was convicted and sentenced for 10 years in a corruption case, got interim bail on medical grounds after remaining in prison for over two months. 

As for pre-conviction incarceration, YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy remained behind bars for over a year in a disproportionate assets case. 

The Supreme Court granted bail to Satyam Computers Services Ltd. founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju and former Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas after they remained in jail for over two years and eight months.

Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, arrested in March 2012, is still in jail. 

In the 2G scam, the former Telecom Minister, A. Raja, and Kanimozhi got bail after a year in jail.