Jayalalitha to Stay in Jail till October 7

Oct 01, 2014 Tushita Politics 0

The Special Sitting of the Karnataka High Court has adjourned Jayalalithaa’s bail plea to Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Vacation judge Justice Rathnakala said that this matter has to be heard by a regular bench.

Jayalalithaa’s counsel Ram Jethmalani pleaded for suspending the sentence pending appeal under Section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code and for her release on bail.

Section 389 states that pending any appeal by a convicted person, the appellate court may order that the execution of the sentence or order appealed against be suspended. Also, if the person is in confinement, that he or she be released on bail, or on own bond.

“In my considered opinion, this is a matter to be heard by the regular bench,” the judge said

Court sources, however, said the matter will be taken up either on Monday or Tuesday in view of Bakrid holiday.

When the matter was first taken up by a vacation bench on Tuesday, G. Bhavani Singh, the Special Public Prosecutor in the trial court, told Justice Rathnakala that as there was no official communication that he had been appointed prosecutor in the appeal too, it would not be proper for him to represent the State.

The judge said as representation on the prosecution side was necessary, the matter could wait for the appointment of a prosecutor.

She then adjourned the application to Monday next, even as Ms. Jayalalithaa’s lawyers submitted that a prosecutor’s presence was not necessary as the trial court sentence was less than 10 years.

In her petitions seeking immediate bail and challenging her sentence, Jayalalithaa has maintained that the charges of amassing wealth against her were false and that she had acquired property through legal means.

Jayalalitha has also contended that the trial court has overlooked several judgements and has not considered the binding nature of various income tax orders and decisions of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had accepted the income and the level of expenditure pleaded by her.

Protests continue:

Protests continued in various parts of Chennai and elsewhere in the state, with party workers displaying posters and display boards, demanding release of their ‘Amma.’ AIADMK’s student wing also joined the protests organised by other branches of the party in Chennai, while the IT wing held a human chain near the party headquarters.

Reportedly, one more person died Wednesday in an act of suicide after being apparently upset over Jayalalithaa’s conviction in the disproportionate asset case as protests against her conviction continued across the state for the fifth day.

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