Sasikala to be released from Parappana Agrahara jail on January 27?
New
Delhi,
Jan
07:
Late
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa's
aide
V
K
Sasikala,
who
is
serving
a
four
year
prison
term
in
a
Bengaluru
prison,
is
expected
to
be
released
on
January
27
after
she
deposited
Rs
10
crore
fine
at
a
special
court.
Sasikala,
lodged
at
the
Parappana
Agrahara
Prison
Bengaluru,
was
convicted
and
sentenced
in
February
2017
in
the
Rs
66
crore
disporportionate
assets
case.
However, she had applied for remission of her jail term to come out early, sources close to the leader told PTI. The prison authorities have forwarded her application to higher officials.
When the remission of 129 days is applied, the release will be by November end and not the previously expected date of January 2021, he had said. Sasikala has already spent a total of 35 days in jail in 1997 and 2014 and availed a 17 day parole in 2017, which is deducted from the period she already served, he had said.
As per Karnataka Prison Manual, three days of remission for good conduct isavailable for every month in jail and so far, she has completed 43 months, making her eligible for a reduction of 129 days in prison, N Raja Senthoor Pandian, lawyer of the jailed confidante of the late AIADMK supremo said.
"The Karnataka Prison Manual does not have any provision barring remission to those convicted for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act. As per the manual, I strongly believe that she will be released by the month end," he said answering a question. When the remission of 129 days is applied, the release will be during the month end and not the previously expected date of January 2021, he said.
Sasikala seeks remission, learnt Kannada while in prison
Efforts are afoot to pay the fine of Rs 10 crore as per the court order, he said. Sasikala has already spent a total of 35 days injail in 1997 and 2014 and availed a 17 day parolein 2017, which is deducted from the period she alreadyserved, he said.
Asked
for
his
reaction
to
expectations
that
Sasikala
may
be
released
soon,
AIADMK
senior
leader
and
Fisheries
Minister
D
Jayakumar
told
reporters
that
whether
she
walked
out
of
jail
or
not
will
be
based
on
law
and
regulations
and
the
outcome
was
immaterial
for
the
party.
As
far
as
AIADMK
was
concerned,
there
is
no
change
in
its
stand,
which
is
that
Sasikala,
her
supporters
and
in
particular
her
family
members,
cannot
getback
to
the
party,
he
asserted.
After the Supreme Court restored the trial court judgement in toto againstSasikala and two of her close relatives in the disproportionate assetscase,(V N Sudhakaran and J Elavarasi), she surrendered before the courtin Karnataka on February 15, 2017 and has been lodged in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.
Her two relatives are also undergoing four years simple imprisonment and all three of them were slapped with a fine of Rs 10 crore each.
With the death of Jayalalithaa in 2016, who was the first accused in the case, the appeal by Karnataka against her stood abated.