By PTI
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sanjeev Khanna, the previous husband of Indrani Mukerjea, arrested within the Sheena Bora homicide case. A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre directed Khanna to furnish a surety of Rs 1 lakh, his advocate Shreyansh Mithare mentioned.
The co-accused within the case – Indrani and her former husband Peter Mukerjea – are additionally out on bail. The excessive courtroom had granted bail to Peter in 2020, whereas the Supreme Court gave reduction to Indrani final month. Sheena Bora (24) was allegedly strangled to dying in a automotive by Indrani, her then driver Shyamvar Rai and Khanna in April 2012.
Bora was born out of Indrani’s earlier relationship. Her physique was burnt and dumped in a forest in neighbouring Raigad district. Khanna is accused of conspiring and partaking with the prime accused Indrani within the homicide.
He was arrested in 2015 and has been in jail since then.