Kochi: The Kerala High Court has stayed the arrest of former Devaswom Secretary S. Jayashree in the Sabarimala gold theft case. The interim order will remain in effect until Tuesday.
The court intervened while considering her anticipatory bail plea, which will be heard again on Tuesday.
The Special Investigation Team had earlier found that Jayashree, during her tenure as Devaswom Secretary, had made illegal alterations in the Devaswom Board minutes. Jayashree approached the court stating that the allegations against her were baseless and that she suffers from serious health issues.
A similar petition filed earlier was dismissed by the High Court, ruling that there were no exceptional circumstances to directly consider an anticipatory bail application.
