Court rejects Indrani's plea to travel abroad
MUMBAI, May 9 -- A special CBI court on Friday rejected a fresh plea filed by Indrani Mukerjea seeking permission to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom, observing that the Sheena Bora murder trial was "at the fag end" and that the prosecution's concern that she could flee the country "cannot be ruled out".
Special Judge Dr JP Darekar rejected Mukerjea's application in which she had sought permission to travel abroad for two weeks to reactivate dormant foreign bank accounts, update a will registered in Malaga after her divorce from former husband Peter Mukerjea, and manage overseas properties.
The court noted that Mukerjea, a UK national facing trial for offences including murder, kidnapping and destruction of evidence, had claimed she was facing "severe financial distress" and required her "personal presence for reactivation and biometric verification" of dormant bank accounts in the UK and Spain. She had also argued that under Spanish law, changes to a will were a "strictly personal act" that could not be carried out through a representative.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opposed the plea, arguing that Mukerjea had failed to show any "urgent, compelling or unavoidable circumstances" requiring foreign travel. The agency also submitted that several of the tasks could be carried out through her authorised power-of-attorney holder or with assistance from Indian authorities and the embassies of Spain and the UK, as mentioned in an earlier Bombay High Court order....
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