CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Coimbatore Collector and jail department to file counter to the plea of life convict in Gokulraj murder case, S Yuvaraj seeking A-class cell in jail.

A division bench comprising Justices MS Ramesh and Sunder Mohan heard Yuvaraj’s wife Suvitha’s petition seeking to grant A-class cell to her husband, who is currently in Coimbatore Central Prison serving a life sentence.

The petitioner’s counsel submitted that the jail department refused the permission without considering the representation.

Additional public prosecutor E Raj Tilak sought time to file a counter and posted the matter to April 29 for further submission.

In June 2 last year, the HC upheld a trial court order sentencing Yuvaraj of Theeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai and seven others to life in prison in the case of beheading a Dalit youth, Gokulraj, in 2015.