India

Give Khanna copy of Rai's confession: HC

PTI

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed a CBI court, trying the Sheena Bora murder case to furnish a copy of confession given by Shyamwar Rai, former driver of prime accused Indrani Mukherjea, to the co-accused Sanjeev Khanna.

Rai, was the first accused to be arrested in the case in August 2015, taking the lid off the murder, after he was picked up in connection with an arms case.

The trial court recently allowed Rai to turn approver in the case and become a prosecution witness.

Khanna, former husband of Indrani, had sought a copy of Rai's statement recorded under section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) by a Magistrate last year.

He approached the High Court through lawyer Shreyans Mithare after the sessions court rejected his application seeking the same.