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Sheena Bora assassinate case: Prime accused Indrani Mukerjea granted bail by Supreme Court

Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Net Crew |Provide: PTI |Updated: Would possibly perchance honest 18, 2022, 12: 16 PM IST

Almost seven years after being arrested, the Supreme Court has granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the assassinate of her daughter Sheena Bora, on Would possibly perchance honest 18. Mukerjea, who is lodged on the Byculla females’s prison, is anticipated to be launched on bail almost at the moment.

Handing over the verdict on the bail plea, a 3-shield bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao stated the trial is no longer going to be done anytime soon.

“The allegation made against the petitioner is that she planned the assassinate in gaze of the live-in relationship of her daughter with Rahul Mukerjea, who used to be the son of Peter Mukerjea and his earlier wife,” the bench stated.

“We’re no longer making comments on the deserves of the case. Even when 50 p.c of witnesses are given by the prosecution, the trial would no longer be over soon. She’s going to be launched on bail area to please of the trial court docket. The identical prerequisites imposed on Peter Mukerjea will even be imposed on her,” the bench also comprising Justices B R Gavai and A S Bopanna stated.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi seemed for Indrani Mukerjea, who is currently lodged on the Byculla females’s prison in Mumbai following her arrest in August 2015.

Rohatgi submitted that the trial is no longer going to total anytime soon as a shining selection of witnesses are but to be examined.

She had been denied bail on just a few cases by a various CBI court docket, which is conducting the trial in the assassinate case.

Bora (24) used to be allegedly strangled to loss of life in a automobile by Indrani Mukerjea, her then driver Shyamvar Rai and oldschool husband Sanjeev Khanna in April 2012. The body used to be burnt in a forest in neighbouring Raigad district.

Bora used to be Indrani’s daughter from her previous relationship.

Weak media baron Peter Mukerjea used to be also arrested for allegedly being phase of the conspiracy. He used to be granted bail by the high court docket in February 2020. His marriage to Indrani Mukerjea ended one day of the duration of incarceration. 

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