Mumbai Court rejects CBI's plea to stop broadcast of Netflix series on Indrani Mukerjea
PTC News Desk: A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday denied the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for a stay on the broadcast of a documentary series about Indrani Mukerjea, the main accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.
CBI special judge S P Naik-Nimbalkar stated that the court does not have the "inherent power" to halt the broadcast and directed the investigation agency to approach an appropriate forum if necessary.
The judge determined that the prosecution had not brought to his attention any legal provision for such directions.
The docu-series, titled 'The Indrani Mukerjea Story: The Buried Truth', focuses into the disappearance of 25-year-old Bora and will release on Netflix on February 23.
In its plea, the CBI had asked the court "to issue direction to accused and others concerned for staying/stopping the featuring of the accused persons and the persons connected with the case in the documentary by Netflix and its broadcasting on any platform till the conclusion of the ongoing trial".
Sheena Bora was allegedly strangled to death in a car by Indrani, her then-driver Shyamvar Rai, and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna in April 2012.
Bora was the daughter of Indrani from her previous relationship. Her body was burned in a forest in the nearby Raigad district.
The murder came to light in 2015, after Rai revealed the details following his arrest in another case.
Indrani was arrested in August 2015 and was granted bail in May 2022.
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