A court here has allowed Sukesh Chandrashekhar, lodged in Mandoli jail in connection with several frauds, to buy a cake for his wife's birthday from the prison bakery, saying he "needs to be given the confidence to be emotionally connected and attached with his family members".

The couple is incarcerated in the Mandoli prison complex on charges of alleged money laundering and duping several people. The court directed the superintendent of Mandoli jail to hand over the cake to Chandrashekhar's wife Leena Paulose on April 28.