Bail plea of doctor held for talk on Jayalalithaa death adjourned

Justice S Bhaskaran before whom the bail plea came up on hearing the arguments of the petitioners counsel, adjourned the case to March 20 after the additional Public Prosecutor sought time to file the counter. 

Dr Seetha was arrested based on a complaint by Apollo hospital, where Jayalalithaa was admitted on September 22. The management in its complaint had claimed that Dr Seetha never worked for them.

The said doctor had allegedly made the remark during a public meeting held by supporters of Deepa Jayakumar, niece of Jayalalithaa. Police have registered a case against her under IPC Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 153 (deliberately giving provocative statement with intent to cause riot) and 505 (statement conducive to public mischief).