Jayalalithaa appeal verdict: Security enhanced at Karnataka HC

Tight security arrangements, including the invoking of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), have been made at the Karnataka High Court, which will pronounce it's judgement in appeals filed by former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on May 11.

The imposition of Section 144 will prohibit any gathering in a radius of one kilometre around the High Court.

Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar said that the orders will be effective from 6 am to 6 pm and only lawyers would be permitted inside the premises of the High Court.

"Two DCPs (Deputy Commissioner of Police), five ACPs (Assistant Commissioner of Police), 16 inspectors and 500 men will be deployed in and around the High Court. We will frisk all the persons coming there and only lawyers will be allowed in the High Court premises and no member of the public will be allowed there," Kumar said.

"If the public comes from Tamil Nadu, they will be advised that they should not create any problem. They have already met local AIADMK leaders here in Bangalore and we have discussed that whatever happens tomorrow should be smooth and they will also advise from their side that people should not create any problem and no one will be allowed to burst any crackers or do anything which is in violation of Section 144 which has been proclaimed around the High Court," he further added.

He also pointed out that additional force will be deployed at the border in case the inflow of people from Tamil Nadu is more than usual.

"On the borders we'll assess the situation and accordingly take action. If the inflow of people from Tamil Nadu is more, then we will deploy men near our check posts at the border," Kumar said.

Jayalalitha was last year sentenced to four years in jail in connection with the Rs. 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case. The court had also imposed a hefty fine of Rs. 100 crores on her.