Peter Mukerjea, accused in Sheena Bora murder case, walks out of Mumbai jail
Mumbai/IBNS: Former media baron Peter Mukerjea, accused in the murder case of his ex-wife Indrani Mukerjea's daughter Sheena Bora, was on Friday evening released from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai.
He has been released from jail after four years. After his release, Peter Mukerjea headed for his old residence in south Mumbai, where he lived with his now-divorced wife Indrani Mukerjea and her daughter from first marriage Sheena Bora, who was murdered, said reports.
The Bombay High Court last month granted bail to the media tycoon after it observed that prima facie there is no evidence against Mukerjea to prove his involvement in the crime.
Mukerjea was granted bail by Justice Nitin Sambre on a surety of Rs. Two lakh.
He had been directed to not contact his children Rahul Mukerjea and Vidhi Mukerjea and other witnesses in the case.
The court, however, had then stayed its order for a period of six weeks paving the way for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an appeal.
The stay ended on Thursday night following which he could step out of the jail.
The CBI on Nov 19, 2015, arrested Peter Mukerjea in connection with the murder case of Sheena Bora, in which his wife Indrani Mukerjea is accused.
Indrani Mukerjea was arrested two months ago and has been in a Mumbai jail since Sept 7, 2015.
Sheena Bora was murdered allegedly by her mother Indrani Mukerjea and two others. Her previous husband Sanjeev Khanna is also an accused in the crime.
Tests had confirmed that the 24-year-old was strangled.
The remains were found in the Raigad forest, 80 km from Mumbai in August leading to the arrest of Indrani and two others.
The Mumbai police had in September said DNA tests proved that the remains, a skull and bone pieces, were of Bora.
The case had since been handed over to the CBI.
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