Thursday brought a lifeline for jailed Congress MLA Satish Sail, with Karnataka High Court sanctioning medical bail for his pressing liver transplant needs in a high-stakes money laundering saga.
Conditions abound: Fortnightly transplant status submissions, plus bimonthly health chronicles to the court. Witnesses and trial sanctity remain sacrosanct—no interference tolerated.
Release hinges on a Rs 5 lakh bond with personal guarantee, blending mercy with restraint.
ED’s vice grip tightened on September 9, 2025, nabbing Sail at Bengaluru HQ post-interrogation. Charges orbit laundered spoils from banned iron ore dealings.
August 13-14, 2025, saw pan-city sweeps—Karwar, Goa, Mumbai, Delhi—yielding cash windfalls, gold reserves, jewels, and papers, trunked securely.
Third in line among Congress MLAs hauled by agencies, alongside KC Virendra and Vinay Kulkarni.
Genesis: 2010 Belakeri scam. Special court verdict October 26, 2024: Seven years per six cases, Rs 44 crore fine. CBI charge sheet listed Sail peripherally.
High Court paused enforcement December 21, 2024, stalling Karwar polls pre-appeal, banning assembly access—preceding ED’s laundering strike.
Sail’s medical reprieve illuminates the tightrope courts walk in fusing humanitarian relief with unyielding pursuit of justice.