NEW DELHI: Opposing Indrani Mukerjea’s bail plea within the Supreme Court docket within the Sheena Bora homicide case, the CBI mentioned she has dedicated a "heinous act of planning and killing her personal daughter" and "such a ugly act doesn't deserve leniency".
The CBI in an affidavit filed earlier than the apex courtroom vehemently opposed Indrani Mukerjea's bail plea saying she has dedicated the offence of homicide of her personal daughter and try and homicide of her personal son.
Indrani Mukerjea is an influential particular person within the society who can affect the witnesses who're but to be examined and there's apprehension that she could tamper with the proof, mentioned the CBI whereas including that she just isn't reliable and dependable therefore her bail plea ought to be dismissed.
"There's each apprehension that she is going to threaten, intimidate or induce the prosecution witnesses, will tamper with the proof and can abscond if enlarged on bail. Additional, CBI has not filed a closure report as alleged, solely additional investigation has been concluded. Cost sheet have already been filed within the trial courtroom," the affidavit said.
The prosecution has robust apprehension that in case she is launched on bail, she could abscond which shall significantly hamper the continued trial of the case because the accused is a British nationwide, the CBI additional said.
Because the matter got here up for listening to right this moment, a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai granted two weeks to Mukerjea to file a response on CBI's affidavit.
Mukerjea has challenged the Bombay excessive courtroom order of November 16, 2021, denying her bail. Earlier, the bench had requested the CBI to file an affidavit on her bail plea.
Submitting the affidavit, the CBI strongly opposed the plea of Mukerjea saying it's liable to be rejected in view of the truth that there isn't any substance or advantage in the identical and she or he has miserably failed to point out any new grounds entitling her for grant of bail aside from the grounds which have been talked about earlier than the Bombay Excessive Court docket, the investigating company mentioned.
"Applicant (Indrani Mukerjea) has dedicated very severe offences and the identical can't be handled like an bizarre case and as such the petitioner herein doesn't deserve any leniency from this Court docket," the CBI mentioned.
It additional mentioned that jail authorities of Byculla Ladies's Jail have around the clock medical amenities to take care of any emergency and correct therapy, and due consideration is being offered by the jail authorities to Indrani Mukerjea.
The offence dedicated by Mukerjea may be very severe in nature and she or he just isn't entitled to any leniency from this Court docket on medical grounds, it mentioned.
The allegation that Sheena Bora was alive after April 2012 primarily based on the SMS alternate between Sheena Bora and Rahul Mukherjea after April 24, 2012, is just the "figment of the creativeness of the petitioner", the CBI informed the apex courtroom.
There's ample proof obtainable within the current case which proves the guilt of Mukerjea and different co-accused past an affordable doubt.
Indrani Mukerjea, going through trial for allegedly killing her daughter Sheena Bora, is at the moment lodged on the Byculla girls's jail in Mumbai following her arrest in August 2015.
She had despatched a letter from the jail to CBI stating that Sheena Bora is alive. She additionally requested CBI to document a press release of a jail inmate who claimed to have met Sheena in Kashmir.
In her letter to the investigating company, she said that an inmate in Byculla jail had informed her that she had noticed Sheena in Kashmir a while in the past. In her letter, Indrani has requested the CBI to look into the potential for Sheena being alive.
Mukerjea has at all times maintained that Sheena has not been murdered and is alive and had gone overseas for her schooling in 2012, though she might by no means show her claims in any means.
The CBI has been investigating the Sheena Bora case since 2015, after taking on the case from Mumbai Police. In keeping with the case registered by Mumbai Police, Sheena Bora was kidnapped and murdered by strangulation in April 2012. This case first got here to gentle after the arrest of Indrani Mukerjea's driver, Shyamvar Rai in one other case in August 2015.
Through the investigation, he confessed to having murdered Sheena Bora in April 2012 and mentioned that he dumped her physique within the Raigad district of Maharashtra. He had additionally informed Mumbai Police that Sheena's mom, Indrani and Sanjeev Khanna (ex-husband of Indrani) have been additionally concerned on this homicide.
In keeping with CBI's case earlier than the courtroom, Indrani Mukerjea killed Sheena Bora as a result of she was livid over the connection between Sheena Bora, whom she launched as her sister to everybody, and Rahul Mukerjea, son of Peter Mukerjea (third husband of Indrani Mukerjea) from his first marriage.
In keeping with the CBI, Mukerjea killed Sheena Bora as Sheena was threatening to reveal her in public over the truth that she was not her sister, however her daughter, CBI mentioned. Driver Shyamvar Rai turned approver on this case.
Peter Mukerjea was given bail by a particular CBI courtroom in March 2020. Through the trial of the case, Indrani and Peter determined to finish their relationship too. They got divorce by a household courtroom in Mumbai in October 2019.
(With inputs from ANI)