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Supreme Court grants bail to Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea

The Supreme Court also took into account the fact that Indrani has remained in jail for over 6.5 years

Supreme Court grants bail to Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea, who is one of the accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.

The Supreme Court also took into account the fact that Indrani has remained in jail for over 6.5 years and that the Sheena Bora murder case was based on circumstantial evidence.

The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna in response to a special leave petition filed against an order passed by the Bombay High Court in November 2021 rejecting her bail plea.

The SC bench noted that the case is based on ''circumstantial evidence'' and that even if 50% of the witnesses are given up by the prosecution, the trial is not likely to be over soon.

The 2012 high-profile murder case of Sheena Bora took a fresh turn when it emerged on December 16 that Indrani Mukerjea, in a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, claimed that her daughter Sheena was alive and living in Kashmir.

In April 2012, 24-year-old Sheena Bora was allegedly strangled in a car by Indrani Mukerjea, her then driver Shyamvar Rai and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna. Her body was later found in a forest in Raigad district where it was reportedly burnt.

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