On Indrani Mukerjea's Bail Plea, Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI
NDTV
In December there was a sensational twist to this long-running and morbid case - Ms Mukerjea wrote to the CBI claiming her daughter was still alive and living in Kashmir
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the CBI seeking its response on a bail plea by Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora.
Ms Mukerjea, who is currently in judicial custody of a special CBI court, filed her bail plea last week but the hearing was postponed to Monday after the Supreme Court failed to receive a copy.
Arguing for bail, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Indrani Mukerjea, told the Supreme Court: "She has been in jail for six-and-a-half years... this trial will not even in the next 10 years."
"185 witnesses have yet to be examined (and) no witnesses have been examined in the past 18 months," he told a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao.
