New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected bail application of Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in the Jessica Lal murder case.
An apex bench, comprising Justices CK Thakker and DK Jain, delivered the verdict.
Pleading for suspension of Manu's sentence, Senior Counsel Ram Jethmalani contended that the High Court had reversed the order of acquittal passed by the trial court under media pressure.
Model Jessica Lal was shot at point blank range on the night of April 29, 1999 while she was working as a celebrity barmaid at the Tamarind Court Bar owned by socialite Bina Ramani.
It was alleged that Jessica was murdered by Manu Sharma, alias Siddharth Vashist, son of Congress politician and former minister Vinod Sharma, after she refused him a drink since the bar had closed for the day.
ANI
Published on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 16:22 in Nation section
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- Lawyer Practising at Supreme Court of India. Court Experience: Criminal, Civil & PIL (related to Property, Tax, Custom & Duties, MVAC, insurance, I.P.R., Copyrights & Trademarks, Partnerships, Labour Disputes, etc.) Socio-Legal: Child Rights, Mid Day Meal Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Women Rights, Against Female Foeticide, P.R.Is, Bonded Labour, Child labour, Child marriage, Domestic violence, Legal Literacy, HIV/AIDS, etc. Worked for Legal Aid/Advise/Awareness/Training/Empowerment/Interventions/Training & Sensitisation.
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