A special court on Monday asked the CBI to file its reply by July 7 on the plea of Peter Mukerjea, a co-accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, seeking the statement of a secret witness submitted to the court by the agency.
The agency, in its supplementary charge sheet filed in February, had submitted a statement of an unnamed witness in a sealed cover. The CBI had said that they are not revealing the identity or the statement of the witness as investigation was under way.
Permission to meet Peter
Meanwhile, the court allowed Peter’s lawyer to meet him at the Arthur Road Jail on July 8.
The special court had on Friday given copies of Shyamwar Rai’s confession to co-accused Sanjeev Khanna and others on a Bombay High Court directive.
Rai was the first accused to be arrested in the case in August 2015, taking the lid off the murder, after he was picked up in connection with an arms case.
The trial court recently allowed Rai to turn an approver and become a prosecution witness.
Indrani Mukerjea, Khanna and Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena (24), Indrani’s daughter from an earlier relationship, inside a car in April 2012.
Custody extended
The court on Monday also extended the judicial custody of Indrani, Khanna and Peter till July 18. Rai was not produced.
The trio were arrested in August last year, while Peter was arrested in November. According to the CBI, Peter was part of the murder conspiracy.
Sheena’s body was found in a forest in Raigad. — PTI
