Mumbai: A Mumbai court today rejected an application moved by Sanjeev Khanna, the second husband of Indrani Mukherjea and a co-accused in her daughter Sheena Bora's murder, seeking release from police custody.
Sanjeev, Indrani and her former driver Shyam Rai are the prime suspects in the case and are currently in judicial custody.
"The Bandra magistrate's court has rejected our application where we had said Sanjeev should be released forthwith as he was in illegal detention for a day," said advocate Shreyansh Mithare, his lawyer.
Sanjeev's contention was that though his police custody ended on September 7, he was not produced before a Mumbai court that day but was taken to Kolkata by the police and produced in a court there.
Sanjeev was arrested on August 26 and his police remand ended on September 7. The police told the court here that he had been taken to Kolkata for the purpose of probe. This amounted to illegal detention, said the application, but the court rejected it.
Mr Mithare said further course of action would be decided after going through the magistrate's order.
Meanwhile, the jail authorities have told the court that Indrani was being given quality food in jail and her plea for home food should be rejected as the jail rules don't allow such a facility.
Security concerns was another reason for denying home food, they said. The court is likely to pass order in this regard on Monday.
Sanjeev, Indrani and her former driver Shyam Rai are the prime suspects in the case and are currently in judicial custody.
"The Bandra magistrate's court has rejected our application where we had said Sanjeev should be released forthwith as he was in illegal detention for a day," said advocate Shreyansh Mithare, his lawyer.
Sanjeev was arrested on August 26 and his police remand ended on September 7. The police told the court here that he had been taken to Kolkata for the purpose of probe. This amounted to illegal detention, said the application, but the court rejected it.
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Meanwhile, the jail authorities have told the court that Indrani was being given quality food in jail and her plea for home food should be rejected as the jail rules don't allow such a facility.
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