India, April 28 -- In a significant development in the 2012 Sheena Bora murder case, a special court on Monday allowed an application by Indrani Mukerjea, the victim's mother and prime accused, and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce Sheena Bora's personal laptop, earlier placed in the list of "unrelied" articles, along with its seizure panchanama, forensic examination report and chain-of-custody documents, holding that the absence of these materials affects the fairness of the trial.

Passing the order, special judge J P Darekar relied on the prosecution's own record, noting that the laptop is specifically described in the list of un-relied articles as having been seized, identified and sealed.

The court record...