New Delhi: The Supreme Court granted AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa bail on Friday, 21 days after she was convicted and jailed in a disproportionate assets case, and stayed the four-year sentence awarded to her.
The top court also warned that she should not seek any adjournments during her appeal in the Karnataka high court. However, the former Tamil Nadu chief minister had to spend Friday night in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, where she has been lodged since September 27 as the formalities of her bail proceedings will be completed only by Saturday morning.
We are still not aware what time she (Jayalalithaa) will be released: M N Reddy, Police Commissioner pic.twitter.com/JD5Iwkjnrp
— ANI (@ANI_news) October 18, 2014A bench headed by Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu attached a few conditions to the interim bail granted to the AIADMK chief, like filing of the paper book of her appeal in the high court within two months and directing her to appeal to her cadre not to create any law and order problem in the state.
The bench, which was initially reluctant to grant bail to Jayalalithaa on the grounds that she had delayed proceedings in the trial court by seeking repeated adjournments, agreed to grant bail after her counsel, Mr Fali S. Nariman, gave an assurance that he was willing to give a statement that his client would seek no adjournment during the appeal in the high court.
Bangalore: Tamil Nadu CM O. Panneerselvam arrives at Parappana Agrahara Jail pic.twitter.com/oglVVJLFM1
— ANI (@ANI_news) October 18, 2014
