CHENNAI: Justice R Sakthivel of the Madras High Court has refused to grant bail to nine persons arrested in the case relating to the leak of ‘Jana Nayagan’ movie starring Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.
The bail applications were filed by Srinath, Sanjay, Balakrishnan, Manikandan, Rudran, Rajesh, Prasanth, Selvam and Rajini. They had approached the high court following dismissal of their bail pleas by the principal sessions court.
The much-trumpeted movie was scheduled for release before Pongal festival in January but it hit the roadblocks as the Central Board for Film Certification did not grant the clearance leading to court litigations. In the meantime, certain persons connected to the editing work leaked several scenes of the movie on digital platforms on April 3.