India, July 12 -- A special court has refused the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) request to summon fresh bank records and examine bank officials in the Sheena Bora murder trial, ruling that it cannot allow the agency a second chance to correct shortcomings in its evidence after years of investigation and trial.

The order is significant as the high-profile murder trial, pending since 2015, is in its final stages after the examination of 146 prosecution witnesses.

The prosecution, represented by Special Public Prosecutor CJ Nandode, had sought directions to four banks to produce fresh account statements of approver Shyamvar Rai and deceased Sheena Bora along with mandatory certificates required to make the records admissible as e...