The Supreme Court granted a four-week parole to Subrata Roy and his brother-in-law Ashok Roy Chaudhary to attend the funeral and conduct the last rites of the Sahara chief’s mother Chhabi Roy, who passed away early on Friday morning.
This is the first time Roy will come out of jail since March 4, 2014 when the apex court sent him and two other directors of his companies to jail, after he faulted on the court’s order to repay consumers of a debenture scheme flagged down by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). On an application moved by Roy and Chaudhary, the Bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justices AR Dave and AK Sikri on Friday ordered the Tihar Jail authorities to release them on parole for a four-week period.
During this period, both Roy and Chaudhary will be under the constant vigil of the Delhi Police as the court directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to depute an escort team to accompany the duo in mufti. It will be the duty of these policemen to ensure that the two men are lodged back in jail on the expiry of their parole.
Appearing for Roy, senior advocate Kapil Sibal informed the Bench that Roy’s 95-year-old mother Chhabi Roy was ill for the past two years and breathed her last in the wee hours of Friday at lucknow.