BENGALURU: The illegal wealth case against J Jayalalithaa may have abated with her death, but the assets, including saris and slippers , are still in the custody of Karnataka courts.Senior AIADMK leaders said they hoped the Supreme Court will pass its judgment soon and release the assets so that they could display them in a museum in her memory. The court verdict is expected in June 2017. “Since there is more than one accused in the case, the trial will continue,“ said BV Acharya, special public prosecutor for Karnataka. He said the Karnataka government would file a memo in the Supreme Court on Jayalalithaa's death.“If the court finds the accused guilty, the seized wealth will be confiscated and handed over to the Tamil Nadu government. If they are acquitted, it will be given to the rightful claimant from Tamil Nadu,“ said A S Ponnanna, additional advocate general of Karnataka.Karnataka police are guarding the assets seized by income tax officials in 1996, and kept in two locations. Of the seized assets, 10,500 saris, 750 pairs of slippers and 500 wine glasses are in a room on the first floor of the City Civil Court . As the assets have to be guarded round the clock, four policemen are on duty in shifts.The income tax department handed the assets to the government in 2002 when the case was transferred from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka.Armed reserve force police said they don't know what's in the room. The assets, kept in the treasury , includes 21.28kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 3.5 crore, 1,250kg of silver articles worth Rs 3.12 crore, diamonds worth Rs 2 crore and a silver sword. “We can decide on them only after the SC gives its judgment,“ said Ponnanna.After politician Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint in 1996, the case was transferred to Karnataka on Jayalalithaa's request as she feared she would not get a fair trial in TN under the DMK rule. A special court convicted her along with other accused and she was imprisoned in September 2014. The Karnataka high court overturned the trial court order in May 2015. The Karnataka government appealed to the Supreme Court and the judgment is now pending.