Peter Mukerjea files bail plea in Bombay HC

April 28, 2019 12:38 am | Updated 12:38 am IST - Mumbai

Peter Mukerjea, one of the accused in the Sheena Bora murder has filed for bail before the Bombay High Court.

Mr. Mukerjea is currently at the Arthur Road jail after being in a private hospital for a bypass surgery. His medical bail was rejected by the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on April 4.

Mr. Mukerjea has been lodged at the jail since November 19, 2015 and was rushed to the JJ Hospital on March 16, 2019 evening after he had complained of chest pain. An ECG carried out in the jail suggested some abnormality due to which he was shifted to the State run JJ hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

He had suffered a mild heart attack, and there were four blockages in his three main arteries. The report had suggested that he should undergo either a bypass surgery or an angioplasty at the earliest.

His lawyer Advocate Amit Ghag told The Hindu , “the bail has been filed on merit as well as medical grounds”.

He has been charged with section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder), section 120b (punishment of criminal conspiracy), section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), section 302 (punishment for murder), section 307 (attempt to murder), section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.

The matter will be heard by a single bench of Justice AS Gadkari on April 30.

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