Jayalalita the accused in Corruption Case is back as CM: How Long?

When I see the old film posters of the imperial lady from Tamilnadu, I am amused. Here is a girl who entered the Tamil film industry, but never made it to the top but became a mistress of a man 30 years her senior the famed actor hero popularly referred to as MGR.
On the death of MGR she donned the mantle of leadership of the AIDMK and soon became Chief Minister of  Tamilnadu. This by itself is a good thing, but she decided to make money. She enriched herself and a trial court held her guilty and sentenced her to 5 years in jail.
In India however wheels run between wheels and the High Court  in a perverse verdict disregarding all the painstaking evidence collected against her. It was a bizarre verdict and one wonders what transpired for the judge to give this verdict.
However the Karnataka government has gone in appeal and  one expects the Supreme Court to set aside the bizarre decision . if that happens, then Jayalalitha may have a mournful swan song