Sasikala applies for sentence remission
Prisons Department yet to take a call
03/12/2020
Special Correspondent Bengaluru
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide V.K. Sasikala has made an application before the authorities at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, where she is serving a four-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case, to consider remission of her sentence and early release from the jail.
However, a remission of over 120 days that she had acquired has been forfeited by the former jailer, over allegations of special benefits and for being irregular for work in the jail.
Prisons Dept. to decide
The prison authorities have forwarded her application to the Prisons Department, which is yet to take a call on the issue.
Convicts are eligible for three days of remission per month of good behaviour. “Remission is not a right, but a discretion of prison authorities. She has sought a review of an earlier decision, where her remission was forfeited. A decision is pending on the application,” a senior prison official said.
Meanwhile, Sasikala will complete her sentence on January 27, 2021, if she doesn’t avail herself of any remission.
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