HC seeks Jaya's fingerprint details from Bengaluru jail

November 24, 2017 20:14

The Madras high court today decided to compare former chief minister J Jayalalithaa's thumb impression on documents relating to a bypoll last year, with the late leader's fingerprints available with the Parappana Agrahara jail at Bengaluru.

Justice P Velmurugan also asked the Unique Identification Authority of India to furnish Jayalalithaa's thumb impression details to the court.

The superintendent of central prison at Parappana Agrahara and UIDAI regional officer, who handles Aadhaar, should give fingerprints' details to the court by December 8, the judge said.

The matter relates to a petition filed by P Saravanan, DMK candidate for the November 2016 Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll, challenging the election of AIADMK's A K Bose.

During the pendency of the case, Saravanan had filed an additional affidavit, questioning the validity of the election documents.

He contended that the thumb impression of Jayalalithaa was obtained without her consent and knowledge while she was unconscious, with the "connivance" of the doctors who attended to the former chief minister and others.

Jayalalithaa was lodged in the jail after her conviction in the Rs 65.66 crore disproportionate assets case in 2014.

She subsequently secured bail from the Supreme Court and was released on October 18, 2014, after spending 21 days in prison.

The Karnataka high court later acquitted her and three of her associates of all charges, but the Supreme Court on February 14 this year set aside the order.

However, since Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 last year, the apex court abated the proceedings against her.

The apex court convicted Sasikala, deposed AIADMK general secretary, and her two relatives in the case and had restored the trial court's order awarding four year jail term to them. She is at present in the jail.

In his petition, Saravanan had also questioned the EC's decision to accept the left-thumb impression of Jayalalithaa affixed on the documents filed in support of Bose's nomination papers. -- PTI

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