A special court here on Saturday asked Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, to file an appropriate application on her request to personally cross-examine prosecution witness and Sheena’s fiancee Rahul Mukerjea. After the testimony of former media baron Peter Mukerjea’s son Rahul concluded on Saturday, Indrani told the court that she wanted to cross-examine Rahul personally. The judge said that it is his right to provide legal aid to the accused as per the provisions of CrPC.
The court said that on questioning, Indrani said that she has not done the law but knows the procedure. The judge said that under section 32 of the Advocates Act 1961, cross-examination in person can be allowed, but certain other reasons need to be considered.
The court explained the situation to Indrani and her lawyer Sana Khan and asked them to file an appropriate application in this regard. The court will hear his application on Wednesday. Meanwhile, for the second consecutive day on Saturday, several recordings of telephonic conversations between Rahul, his father Peter Mukerjea and his ex-wife Indrani were played in the court of Special CBI Judge SP Naik-Nimbalkar. Sheena, 24, was allegedly murdered by her mother Indrani Mukerjea with the help of co-accused Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai in 2012. However, the murder came to light only in 2015. Rahul had earlier told the court that he had started Indrani recording his phone calls after answering questions about Sheena’s whereabouts.
In several conversations that took place before the court on Saturday, Rahul can be heard expressing his fear and concern about Sheena’s disappearance. Sheena was last seen on 24 April 2012, when Rahul dropped her off in suburban Bandra as she was on her way to meet Indrani.
In the series of conversations, both Peter and Indrani can be heard trying to convince Rahul that nothing wrong has happened to Sheena and that she will contact him within a week or two. In a call, Peter tells Rahul that he has spoken to Sheena, where she says ‘Hi Jijiu’.
He told Rahul that a call had come on Indrani’s mobile. Rahul then replies that Indrani has Sheena’s phone. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Indrani allegedly killed Sheena because she had denied her relationship with Rahul. The CBI had said that he also had a financial dispute with Sheena.
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