Sheena Bora Murder case: Court rejects Peter's bail plea a second time

A special CBI court on Monday rejected the bail application of former media baron Peter Mukerjea for the second time. Mukerjea has been arrested in connection with the murder of Sheena Bora. The judge said that the bail application has been rejected on the basis of certain facts in the case diary that cannot be disclosed to the defence lawyers.

While delivering the order, special judge H S Mahajan said: "The bail is rejected."

Peter was arrested on November 19, 2015. His bail plea had been rejected once earlier in February this year, following which he moved another plea before the court in March.

His lawyers had sought bail saying that Peter did not know anything about the murder of Sheena and he was not in the country at that time.

Rahul Mukerjea, Peter's son from a previous marriage, and Sheena were in a relationship.

Peter's lawyers had also argued that he was not against the relationship between Sheena and Rahul.

However, the CBI had earlier told the court that Indrani and Peter were unhappy about the relationship.

The CBI had argued that when Peter came to know that Sheena was Indrani's daughter, everything changed and it resulted in the murder. The agency also told the court that at the time of the body being disposed of, there was a 15-minute conversation between Indrani and Peter.

The prosecutor had also told the court that if Peter was on good terms with certain top police officers, then why didn't he help Rahul in finding Sheena after her disappearance?