Mumbai: Former media baron Peter Mukerjea's lawyer on Friday argued in a court that mere calls between him and his wife and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea during the period when Sheena Bora's murder took place, did not make him a conspirator.
"Peter is a murderer just because he spoke to his family?" advocate Aabad Ponda said, adding that Indrani and her secretary Kajal, too, had several telephonic conversations.
"The motive attributed by CBI for the crime (financial transactions) also was not believable," the lawyer added while seeking bail for Peter.
Advocate Ponda told the special CBI court that Indrani had spoken to several people during the period, not just Peter (who was then abroad). "Indrani had even called (senior IPS officer) Deven Bharti. If these are not objectionable, then why are Peter's calls objectionable?" the lawyer said.
He claimed that four days after Sheena's murder, eight calls were made to Bharti on April 28, 2012.
"Bharti did not even mention it in his statement, CBI doesn't find it objectionable. I am not suggesting that Bharti is part of the conspiracy," advocate Ponda asserted.
In its charge-sheet, CBI has pointed out several calls between Peter and Indrani during the concerned period to show that Peter, too, was party to the conspiracy to kill Sheena. The arguments will continue on Monday.
Peter's bail application had been rejected once earlier. He was arrested on November 19.
The other arrested accused are Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyamvar Rai.
Indrani, Rai and Khanna allegedly strangled Sheena, Indrani's daughter from earlier relationship, in a car in April 2012. The crime came to light in August 2015. According to CBI, the crime was linked to financial transactions.
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