Court rejects Vidhie's plea for nod to stay with mother Indrani Mukerjea

A special court here on Wednesday rejected the plea of Vidhie Mukerjea daughter of estranged couple Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea both accused in the Sheena Bora murder case seeking permission to reside with her mother in Mumbai on her return to IndiaVidhie has been living in London for the past several years She is returning to India on September 10 as per her application filed on August 30Her plea was rejected by special judge S P Naik Nimbalkar presiding over the Sheena Bora murder case Indrani Mukerjea the prime accused in the case is currently out on bailIn her plea filed through advocate Ranjeet Sangle Vidhie claimed that she was deprived of her mothers companionship as a minor when Indrani Mukerjea was arrested in 2015 in connection with her daughter Sheena Boras murder and the separation has affected her emotional wellbeingAlso Read Sheena Bora murder case Bombay HC grants bail to exhusband of Indrani Mukerjea Sanjeev KhannaThe plea further said that Indrani Mukerjea is suffering from irreversible cerebral ischemia she is frail and requires proper personal and medical care which Vidhie would like to provide to the best of her ability and timeHowever the prosecution Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday opposed her plea saying Vidhie Mukerjea is a prosecution witness and has not been examined until nowAllowing her plea would be a violation of conditions imposed by the Supreme Court while granting bail to Indrani Mukerjea the CBI saidThe apex court while granting bail to Indrani Mukerjea had set certain conditions including that she will not influence the prosecution witness or tamper with the evidenceThe petitioner Indrani Mukerjea in any case shall not meet or establish contact with the witnesses till the recording of evidence is overFinding merits in the prosecution reply the special judge rejected Vidhies pleaBora 24 was allegedly strangled to death in a car by Indrani Mukerjea her then driver Shyamvar Rai and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna in April 2012 The body was burnt in a forest in the neighbouring Raigad districtBora was Indranis daughter from her previous relationshipThe murder came to light in 2015 after Rai spilled the beans about the crime following his arrest in another casePeter Mukerjea was also arrested for allegedly being part of the conspiracy He was granted bail by the high court in February 2020This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever