Jayalalithaa sentenced to four years in jail, fined Rs. 100 crore

The Special Court in Bangalore on Saturday convicted and sentenced Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to four years in prison and a fine of 100 crores, in the disproportionate assets case. Since the sentence in the case exceeded three years, the special court does not have jurisdiction to grant bail and she will be taken into custody. Judge John Michael Cunha pronounced the verdict at Gandhi Bhavan, in front of Bangalore Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara, where the court has been temporarily shifted for pronouncing the verdict in view of Z+ security provided to Ms. Jayalalithaa. The conviction in the case lead to her immediate disqualification as an MLA and made it untenable for her to hold the post of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The other three accused in the case, V.K. Sasikala, V.N. Sudhakaran, and J. Ilavarasi, who were also convicted, were senetenced to four years in jail and a fine of 10 crores. All four accused in the case were convicted under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in the disproportionate assets case registered almost 18 years ago. The Hindu