Indrani Mukerjea allegedly killed her daughter Sheena Bora in April 2012
A Mumbai court on Tuesday reserved its order till Wednesday on a CBI plea seeking permission to interrogate in jail former media magnate Indrani Mukerjea and two other accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.
"The order will be passed tomorrow," said RV Adone, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Esplanade court. Seeking permission to quiz Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai in jail, CBI, which had moved an application on Monday, told the court that it has just taken over the investigation from Mumbai Police and interrogation of the trio was necessary.
The agency submitted that if the permission (for interrogation) is not given then it will have to rely on the investigation conducted by Mumbai Police.
CBI has prayed for grant of at least 3 weeks time to interrogate the accused in jail.
Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer Gunjan Mangala told the court that she does not have any objection to her client being interrogated by CBI in jail.
The 43-year-old prime accused in the case was rushed to JJ Hospital on Friday after collapsing in Byculla prison after suspected overdose of anti-depressant pills.
According to doctors attending on her, she is conscious and is responding positively to medication.
Mr Khanna's lawyer Shreyansh Mithare also said he is not opposed to interrogation if there is any new ground.
However, Mr Rai's lawyer Shrinivas Bhave objected to the CBI plea and said the police had sought judicial remand saying that investigation in the case was over and no further custody was required.
On Monday, the local court had extended the trio's judicial custody till October 19.
It had also asked JJ Hospital authorities to furnish the medical report of Ms Mukerjea.
On Saturday, Ms Mukerjea's lawyer had moved a court Mumbai for permission to meet her in hospital after which the court had sought a report on her health condition.