Three aides also get four years in jail
29 Sept 2014 4:04 AM IST
A special court in Bangalore sentenced Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and her three associates — N Sasikalaa, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran — to four years imprisonment in the Rs 66.65-crore disproportionate assets case.
The court of John Michael D’Cunha imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on Jayalalithaa and Rs 10 crore on each of the other convicts. If they fail to pay the fine, they will have to serve an additional one year in jail. Jayalalithaa can’t contest elections for six years.
Jayalalithaa was sent to hospital in Parappana Agrahara jail as she felt giddiness and chest pain after
the verdict.
All the accused were convicted for offences punishable under Section 120(B) of the IPC (criminal conspiracy), 13(1) of the Prevention Corruption Act (criminal misconduct by public servants) and 109 (abetment) by special judge John Michael D’Cunha on Saturday afternoon, special public prosecutor Bhavani Singh told TOI.
The case was registered by the directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) of Tamil Nadu police in 1996, after the present BJP leader Subramanian Swamy moved courts and obtained necessary directions.
The court of John Michael D’Cunha imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on Jayalalithaa and Rs 10 crore on each of the other convicts. If they fail to pay the fine, they will have to serve an additional one year in jail. Jayalalithaa can’t contest elections for six years.
Jayalalithaa was sent to hospital in Parappana Agrahara jail as she felt giddiness and chest pain after
the verdict.
All the accused were convicted for offences punishable under Section 120(B) of the IPC (criminal conspiracy), 13(1) of the Prevention Corruption Act (criminal misconduct by public servants) and 109 (abetment) by special judge John Michael D’Cunha on Saturday afternoon, special public prosecutor Bhavani Singh told TOI.
The case was registered by the directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) of Tamil Nadu police in 1996, after the present BJP leader Subramanian Swamy moved courts and obtained necessary directions.
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