The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to file a report on the medical condition of Indrani Mukerjea, an accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.
A single judge Bench of Justice P.D. Naik was hearing a bail plea filed by Ms. Mukerjea through advocate Gunjan Mangla on October 29, 2020, on medical grounds.
The plea said that she had developed a neurological condition and was suffering from chronic ischemic changes in her brain arteries which could affect the supply of oxygen to her brain, resulting in a stroke. She had also suffered from blackouts time and again and had been on medication, it said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the case sought time to file a reply. The HC adjourned the matter to be heard on February 22.
Ms. Mukerjea (48) was arrested in August 2015 and has been lodged at Byculla jail since October that year, on the charge of killing her daughter Sheena on April 24, 2012. On July 15, 2020, a special CBI court had rejected…