Late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s aide VK Sasikala, convicted in an assets case and serving a four year sentence at the central jail in Bengaluru, has sought release earlier than the schedule under remission norms for prisoners, official sources said on Wednesday.
Bangalore: Sasikala engaged herself in activities like learning Kannada and gardening while in prison, her counsel said, answering a question and confirmed the submission of a petition seeking remission. While her release is due on January 27 next year, she applied for remission so that she could walk out of the prison early, official sources said.
The prison authorities have forwarded her application to the head of the department for consideration and a decision was yet to be taken on it, they added. Sasikala’s advocate N Raja Senthoor Pandian said that on November 12, a petition was submitted to prison authorities emphasising that she has a right to seek remission and she requested that as per rules, she be granted that benefit. Also, it was stated in the plea that she is ready to remit the fine of over Rs 10 crore, he said.
Subsequently, following remittance of fine and after that information was formally conveyed to prison authorities by official channels, a letter was sent on November 19 reminding jail officials about the remission petition, he said. Asked if she is eligible to seek remission, the advocate said that for the category of prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, remission has been granted by the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail authorities in the past too. “This information was obtained under the RTI Act,” he noted.
The prison authorities have forwarded her application to the head of the department for consideration and a decision was yet to be taken on it, they added. Sasikala’s advocate N Raja Senthoor Pandian said that on November 12, a petition was submitted to prison authorities emphasising that she has a right to seek remission and she requested that as per rules, she be granted that benefit. Also, it was stated in the plea that she is ready to remit the fine of over Rs 10 crore, he said.
Subsequently, following remittance of fine and after that information was formally conveyed to prison authorities by official channels, a letter was sent on November 19 reminding jail officials about the remission petition, he said. Asked if she is eligible to seek remission, the advocate said that for the category of prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, remission has been granted by the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail authorities in the past too. “This information was obtained under the RTI Act,” he noted.
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