Sahara chief out of jail for 4 weeks

The Supreme Court on Friday directed release of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy for four weeks to perform last rites and other rituals of his mother, who passed away on Friday morning.

A three-judge bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A R Dave and A K Sikri allowed the plea of Roy to visit Lucknow.

Besides Roy, the court also granted parole to one of the jailed Sahara directors Ashok Roy Choudhary. The bench, however, said Roy would be under the protective custody of the police with an assurance from his counsel Kapil Sibal that his client would not try to escape or run away.

Roy has been in Tihar jail since March 4, 2014 in relation with a long running dispute with market regulator SEBI.