Anna Hazare would be coming from Ralegan Sidhi to attend the proceedings, his lawyer P Janardhan said.

Hazare was convicted on the basis of his interview published by Marathi newspaper Navakal on September 22, 1997 in which he alleged that the Anti-Corruption Bureau had, in an inquiry, found the minister guilty of corruption.

Additional Chief metropolitan Magistrate K H Holambe-Patil on September nine this year sentenced Hazare to undergo three months' simple imprisonment or in lieu there of execute a bond of good conduct for two years.

Hazare preferred jail and was accordingly sent to Yerwada prison in Pune. The state government, however, released him in a short span much before he could complete his term. The social activist then filed a criminal revisionapplication before Additional Sessions Judge Abhay Thipsay, challenging the magistrate's order on various grounds.