Sanjeev Khanna News
The top court will hear the probe agency's applications on Tuesday. The bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjeev Khanna, however, added that it is open for the solicitor general or any other party to lay before the court any material or evidence to show that any West Bengal authority or police official is planning or trying to destroy evidence related to the case. Watch this video to know more.
Indrani Mukerjea has had to be admitted to hospital a number of times this year due to a number of medical reasons.
Indrani Mukerjea, one of the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, was in July implicated by her former driver, Shyamwar Rai who has turned witness, before a CBI Special Court.
Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and ex-driver Shyamvar Rai are accused of strangling 24-year-old Sheena Bora.
Indrani Mukerjea, accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, today told the special CBI court here that she would oppose her estranged son Mekhail's claim on Sheena's share of ancestral property.
The deposition of prosecution witnesses in the Sheena Bora murder case is likely to start from February 23 with the trial court today directing CBI to hand over the list of its witnesses to defence lawyers.
Sheena Bora, 24, the daughter of Indrani Mukerjea from a previous relationship, was allegedly strangulated in a vehicle on April 24, 2012.
Former socialite Indrani Mukerjea, who is the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, performed the last rites of her father on Tuesday.
CBI judge H S Mahajan consented to adjourning the matter but said statement of the witness cannot be given at this stage when charges are yet to be framed.
"Prosecutor can argue on framing of charges provided the interest of defence is safeguarded. I will expedite the trial," special CBI judge H S Mahajan said.
The application was filed by accused on the merits of the case challenging CBI's claim of his involvement in the crime.
According to CBI, Indrani, Khanna and Rai were involved in the actual murder on April 24, 2012.
The Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday adjourned the hearing on Peter Mukerjea`s application which sought the statement of witness number 32 till July 20.
The CBI on Thursday sought time to file its affidavit in response to a bail application filed by former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of his wife Indrani Mukerjea's daughter Sheena Bora.
A special court here on Monday asked CBI to file its reply by July 7 on the plea of Peter Mukerjea, former media baron and a co-accused in Sheena Bora murder case, seeking the statement of a secret witness submitted to the court by the central agency.
Sheena's body was found in a forest in Raigad. The crime, which came to light in August last year, is allegedly linked to certain financial dealings.
Peter Mukerjea was arrested in November 2015 for hiding and destroying evidences in Sheena Bora murder case.
Mumbai court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody for Indrani Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea, Shyamvar Rai and Sanjeev Khanna till May 9 in connection with Sheena Bora murder case.
Probing the infamous Sheena Bora murder case, Central Bureau of Investigation will send Letters Rogatory to Singapore, Hong Kong and the US.
Peter Mukerjea is his second bail plea has contending that the chargesheet doesn't have "reasonable grounds" to hold him guilty in Sheena Bora murder case.
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