Can Sasikala be lodged in a Tamil Nadu jail?
A Subramani| TNN | Updated: Feb 14, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
HIGHLIGHTS
SC today upheld Sasikala's conviction in disproportionate assets case.
Now, she will have to surrender before the special court in Karnataka.
She could be lodged in Tamil Nadu, but only after being taken to and lodged in a Karnataka jail.
HIGHLIGHTS
SC today upheld Sasikala's conviction in disproportionate assets case.
Now, she will have to surrender before the special court in Karnataka.
She could be lodged in Tamil Nadu, but only after being taken to and lodged in a Karnataka jail.
AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala
CHENNAI: Can AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, who has been convicted in the disproportionate assets case, be lodged in a jail in Tamil Nadu? Perhaps. If Tamil Nadu government writes to the Karnataka government, and if the latter agrees to the request, she could be lodged in Tamil Nadu, but only after being taken to and lodged in a Karnataka jail.
Convicted in the Rs 66.65-crore DA case by the Supreme Court, Sasikala, her deceased brotherJ Ilavarasi and nephew V N Sudhagaran have to now surrender before the special court in Karnataka. After the case was shifted out of Tamil Nadu on DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan's petition in 2003, Karnataka replaced Tamil Nadu as the prosecuting state of the case.
The special court in Bengaluru, which tried the three along with the prime accused Jayalalithaa, convicted all of them in September 2014 and awarded four years each as sentence besides imposing a total of Rs 130 crore, including Rs 100 crore on Jayalalithaa alone, as fine.
All the four spent 21 days in Parapana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru before being released on bail by the Supreme Court in October 2014. Now Sasikala and the two others will have to first surrender before the Bengaluru court and lodge in Bengaluru jail.
However, since the highest court has passed its orders and there being no further appeal provision, save for review or curative proceedings whose success rate is very poor, Sasikala and others can move governments for transfer to a Tamil Nadu jail.
Invoking the prisoner swap programme routinely followed by all governments to transfer out and take in prisoners, they could request the Tamil Nadu government to take this route.
If the Tamil Nadu government writes to its Karnataka counterpart, the latter could consider it and allow it either unilaterally or as a swap arrangement.
Given the fact that there is no guarantee a friendly government will be on place in Tami Nadu, even this possibility looks remote for Sasikala.
CHENNAI: Can AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, who has been convicted in the disproportionate assets case, be lodged in a jail in Tamil Nadu? Perhaps. If Tamil Nadu government writes to the Karnataka government, and if the latter agrees to the request, she could be lodged in Tamil Nadu, but only after being taken to and lodged in a Karnataka jail.
Convicted in the Rs 66.65-crore DA case by the Supreme Court, Sasikala, her deceased brotherJ Ilavarasi and nephew V N Sudhagaran have to now surrender before the special court in Karnataka. After the case was shifted out of Tamil Nadu on DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan's petition in 2003, Karnataka replaced Tamil Nadu as the prosecuting state of the case.
The special court in Bengaluru, which tried the three along with the prime accused Jayalalithaa, convicted all of them in September 2014 and awarded four years each as sentence besides imposing a total of Rs 130 crore, including Rs 100 crore on Jayalalithaa alone, as fine.
All the four spent 21 days in Parapana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru before being released on bail by the Supreme Court in October 2014. Now Sasikala and the two others will have to first surrender before the Bengaluru court and lodge in Bengaluru jail.
However, since the highest court has passed its orders and there being no further appeal provision, save for review or curative proceedings whose success rate is very poor, Sasikala and others can move governments for transfer to a Tamil Nadu jail.
Invoking the prisoner swap programme routinely followed by all governments to transfer out and take in prisoners, they could request the Tamil Nadu government to take this route.
If the Tamil Nadu government writes to its Karnataka counterpart, the latter could consider it and allow it either unilaterally or as a swap arrangement.
Given the fact that there is no guarantee a friendly government will be on place in Tami Nadu, even this possibility looks remote for Sasikala.
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