SC to hear Jayalalithaa bail plea on Friday

October 13, 2014 11:10

Jayalalithaa's appeal for bail will be heard by Supreme Court on Friday. She is in a Bangalore jail.

Jayalalithaa, who was denied bail by the Karnataka High Court following her conviction in the case, had on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for bail.

The AIADMK chief, who has been behind bars for the last 14 days, challenged the High Court order which had refused her bail.Jayalalithaa has pleaded that she has been sentenced to only four years' jail in the case and she is suffering from various ailments, as grounds for her immediate relief.

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