JAYALALITHAA BAIL PLEA REJECTED BY KARNATAKA HIGH COURT

Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail plea by former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa in the 18-year-old corruption case for which she was last month sentenced to a four years in jail, along with a Rs 100 crore penalty.

The decision came even after the prosecution said it has no objection to granting conditional bail

The bail plea, which was filed by top lawyer Ram Jethmalani on behalf of the AIADMK chief, was made on medical grounds as the former chief minister has claimed to be acutely diabetic. Her lawyer said that she is also suffering from blood pressure and heart-related ailments.

Jethmalani argued that former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, too, had been released on bail by the Supreme Court after being convicted in the fodder scam.

The Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh argued Jayalalithaa is an influential person who, if granted bail, may try to escape from conviction to which Jethmalani responded that Jayalalithaa is a law abiding citizen and would not flee the country.

(Bureau Report)