Sharma, son of former Union minister Venod Sharma, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi high court in December 2006 for killing Jessica Lal in 1999.
Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul had even suggested that a separate case of forgery be lodged.\n
Admitting that he had earlier fought a case for Bina Ramani with regard to the custody of her children, Jethmalani denied that he had charged the key prosecution witness with resorting to falsehood in the Jessica Lal murder case.
The blame must be shared by the investigating agencies, the government of the day and the nation at large, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The SRB, at its meeting, recommended release of 22 convicts on completion of their sentences and rejected 86 other cases, including the three high-profile murder cases.
On the night of April 29-30, 1999, Jessica was shot dead after she refused to serve him drinks at a restaurant owned by socialite Bina Ramani.
"Two-thirds of the evidence produced by the prosecution is false. When majority of the evidence is false, the whole case is doubtful," Jethmalani argued.
The case of the defence primarily rested on the statement given by complainant Shayan Munshi in court earlier.
Taking suo motu congnisance of the newspaper reports on the acquittal of all accused in the Jessica Lal murder case, the Delhi high court Friday issued notice to the Delhi police commissioner to file a reply stating reasons.
Munshi was caught while trying to leave the country on Saturday.
"I have 14 reasons to show that how her evidence does not advance the prosecution case at all."
Gill's plea for bail is likely to be heard on Wednesday by the Division Bench of Justice R S Sodhi and Justice P K Bhasin.
The case was re-opened following the police appeal challenging the acquittal of all nine accused by a lower court.
Manu Sharma, the convict in the murder case of Jessica, and Mattoo's killer Santosh Singh were among 204 who had approached the board, headed by state Home Minister Satyendar Jain, the sources said.
Munshi was one of the cases in the Jessica Lal case.
Chronology of events in the Jessica Lal murder case
"The prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the presence of Manu Sharma at the site of the offence," a bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar said, upholding the Delhi High Court verdict. The apex court also upheld the conviction as well as sentence of four years jail term of Vikas Yadav, son of controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav and, Amarjeet Singh Gill, an MNC executive, for the destruction of evidence.
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Chandigarh-based Dr J S Bedi accused of giving false medical certificates to Vikas Gill, an accused in the Jessica Lal murder case.
You can also read about the Indira Gandhi Assassination Case, the Parliament Attack Case, the Red Fort Attack Case, the Jessica Lal Murder Case, the Decriminalisation of Homosexuality Case among others.
"The judgement has come as a closure of something that was going on for the past seven years. The way this case was progressing, we had given up all hope of getting justice," an emotionally choked Sabrina said.
The defence of convict Manu Sharma in the Jessica Lall murder case that two weapons were used in the offence did not sustain the scruitny in the Supreme Court which said the ballistic report was vague and no credence can be lent to it.
It has asked the State to furnish forensic and post-mortem reports in the case.
"We have prepared a broad platform where we have assessed the top 50 judges of the country who would be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of India. We have data on judgments and the quality of judgments. The idea is to make the process of appointment in the Supreme Court more transparent," the CJI said.
Dr Bedi has been charged with issuing false medical certificates.
The court posted the matter for further hearing to April five.
He said entire circumstances were invented by the Police to falsely implicate Manu. Delhi Police has challenged the acquittal of Manu and others in the Jessica Lal murder case.
He said the Delhi High court ought to have waited for the copy of the judgement in the Jessica Lal case to come out instead of taking cognisance solely on the basis of news reports.
Additional Sessions Judge S L Bhayana acquitted Siddarth Vashist alias Manu Sharma of charges of murder and Vikas Yadav, Tony Gill, Alok Khanna of charges of destruction of evidence.
The high court had described the judgment of the then additional sessions judge Bhayana's reasoning for acquitting Sharma, as strange and totally wrong.
The Delhi police on Monday submitted in a sealed cover before the Delhi high court a synoptic note of the status report and various details pertaining to the Jessica Lal murder case.
Tell us, dear reader, in India, does pulling the right strings and having deep pockets mean you can get away with anything?
Expressing concern over the verdict in the Jessica Lal case, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday said, "justice does not appear" to have been done in the case.
Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi on Friday pleaded before the Delhi high court not to prosecute him on charges of perjury for turning hostile in his deposition during the murder trial of ramp model Jessica Lall.
"It is not impossible to convict high-profile people if society works together," Sabrina Lal, the sister of the model-cum-bartender, told reporters.
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub talks about life after his debut role in No One Killed Jessica.
Myra Karn talks about how life has changed after No One Killed Jessica.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances