Sasikala may be released on Jan. 27 SASIKALA’S COUNSEL EXPRESSES HOPE

Late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s aide V.K. Sasikala, serving a four year-term in a corruption case here, may be released from jail next January provided she paid the fine amount of

`10 crore, Karnataka prison department has said in response to an RTI query.

Sasikala, lodged at the Parappana Agrahara Prison here, was convicted and sentenced in February 2017 in the

`66 crore disproportionate assets case.

“As per prison records, convict prisoner number

9234 Sasikala’s probable date of release is January

27, 2021, provided indefault fine amount is paid as awarded by the honourable court,” Superintendent of Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara R. Latha said in his response to an RTI query by activist T. Narasimha Murthy on September 11.

Latha added Sasikala’s “probable date of release” would be February 27,

2022 if the fine is not paid. The officer explained the probable date of release may vary if Sasikala

Bengaluru: Sasikala’s counsel has expressed hope of her early release, possibly by the end of this month, citing remission for good conduct.

As per norms, three days of remission for good conduct is available for every month in jail and so far, she has completed 43 months, making her eligible for a reduction of 129 days in prison.

utilises a parole facility. She will have to pay

`10 crore to walk out of prison on January 27,

2021, else spend another

13 months behind bars. After the Supreme Court restored the trial court judgement in toto against Sasikala and two of her close relatives in the disproportionate assets case, (V.N. Sudhakaran and J. Elavarasi), she surrendered before the court in Karnataka on February

15, 2017. and has been lodged in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.

Her two relatives are also undergoing 4-year simple imprisonment.