Bengaluru, May 10: Security has been stepped up in Bengaluru ahead of Monday's crucial verdict by a special bench of the Kartaka High Court on former Tamil du chief minister J Jayalalithaa's appeal against her conviction in a disproportiote assets case. The special high court bench headed by Justice CR Kumaraswamy will pronounce the judgment at 11 am as directed by the Supreme Court, which extended Jayalalithaa's bail up to May 12. IANS