CBI SEEKS TO START TRIAL IN SHEENA BORA MURDER CASE

A day after HT broke the conversations that Rahul Mukerjea had with Indrani and Peter Mukerjea, the CBI moved court with an application seeking to start a trial into the case.

But the packed courtroom saw high drama on Friday as certain sections of the media tried to talk to Peter and Indrani.

Majority of the court’s time was taken with the prosecution and defence lawyers contesting the relay of the tapes.

Peter’s advocate Mihir Gheewala moved an application seeking CBI ‘take necessary steps to prevent the potential evidence, documents, witness statements and material produced by it in its report from being used by the media without prior court permission’. While the court did not pass any order, it directed both the prosecution and defence to be fair, and to assist the court for a speedy trial.

When some sections of the media approached Indrani and Peter for their comments on the tapes, special public prosecutor Bharat Badami objected to it and warned both the accused to not comment. The prosecution also threatened action against people violating rules.

The CBI then asked the court to start the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case, pleading that they are ready to open the prosecution case against the three accused. The agency claimed that their investigation was in progress but was not complete as there were several aspects to the case.

Badami, however, submitted that irrespective of the further investigation report, there is sufficient evidence against the accused to proceed against them. While Indrani’s lawyer Gunjan Mangala left it to the court to decide on the matter, Peter’s lawyer Mihir Gheewala alleged that it would be unfair to start the trial before the agency files a final chargesheet.

PETER’S LAWYER MOVED AN APPLICATION, SEEKING CBI TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL EVIDENCE FROM BEING USED IN MEDIA