Aarushi case: SC admits CBI plea against Talwars
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court admitted on Friday an appeal against the acquittal of Rajesh Talwar and his wife Nupur over the murders of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj, reopening one of the country’s most infamous criminal cases that dragged on for years without a conclusive indication of who was behind it.
Combining appeals filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the wife of Hemraj, the top court issued a notice to the Talwars, who were in prison for four years until the Allahabad high court overturned their conviction in October last year noting the evidence to be largely circumstantial.
“CBI will now present its case before the top court to get the acquittal overturned,” said a CBI spokesperson. In its appeal, the agency called the high court’s rul- ing “wrong on many counts”.
In its written appeal, the agency said circumstantial evidence plays an important role in cases with no direct witness, and that the top court and high courts have previously upheld convictions on such bases.
Hemraj’s wife Khumkala Bandaje filed an appeal earlier, contending that the high court order meant no one killed her husband and the teenager.
Retired IPS officer, Vikram Singh, who was the director general of the UP police when was case was reported, said that he believed the Talwars were behind the deaths. “The Supreme Court will appreciate the evidence collected by the UP police in the first three weeks of the case,” he said.