Continued from page 01 THE court has asked Mukerjea to deposit his passport with the CBI. Mukerjea was arrested on November 19, 2015, in the murder case which has his ex- wife Indrani Mukerjea as the main accused.
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u201c Except for the statement of the approver in the case, Shyamwar Rai, there is no reference to Peter Mukerjea in any evidence.
Justice Sambre said on April 24, 2012, the date of the alleged killing, there was direct involvement of Indrani Mukerjea and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna in the offence, as alleged by the CBI. The court further observed that there is u201c no explanationu201d put forth by the CBI as to why Mukherjea was considered as an accused in the case six months after the arrest of the other accused.
u201c This court has perused various emails exchanged between the applicant and Rahul Mukerjea.
It is difficult to infer there was any criminal intent on part of Peter Mukerjea to indulge in the crime in question,u201d Justice Sambre said.
u201c The applicant was only trying to counsel his son, being a responsible father,u201d the judge added.
The case According to the CBI, Peter Mukerjea along with Indrani Mukerjea and her previous husband Sanjeev Khanna entered into a criminal conspiracy to kill Sheena Bora. Sheena Bora, 24, was Indraniu2019s daughter from an earlier relationship. The killing came to light in 2015 when Indraniu2019s driver Shyamwar Rai, who had helped them dispose of the body, was arrested in another case. Rai later turned approver in the Sheena Bora case. Indrani and Sanjeev Khanna are also lodged in jail since their arrest in the case in April 2015.
u2018 No evidence against Mukerjeau2019 u2018 When the incident took place, the applicant ( Peter Mukerjea) was not in India. The trial in the case is already underway. The applicant is in jail for over four years and has recently undergone bypass surgeryu2019 Justice Nitin Sambre
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