The Karnataka High Court will hear the criminal review petition of jailed former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha today.

Justice Rathnakala will preside over the special bench and hear the arguments of the Defence counsel under section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973.

The section provides a convicted person statutory right to appeal in an appellate court or a high court for seeking suspension of the sentence and release on bail on a surety bond.

Jayalalithaa was convicted in the 66 crore rupee disproportionate assets case and sentenced to four years imprisonment, with a fine of Rs 100 crore under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The special bench of High Court will also hear the revision petitions of other three convicts namely Sasikala Natarajan, V.K. Sudhakaran and J. Ilavarasi, who were also awarded four-year jail term and fined 10 crore rupees each by the lower court on Saturday.