Talwars' lawyers receive copy of high court order

NEW DELHI: The lawyers of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have received a certified copy of the Allahabad High Court order acquitting the dentist couple in the murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

The order's copy was received late Friday evening.

It will be provided to a special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Monday, which will then issue an order to the Dasna prison authorities to release the couple, one of the Talwars' lawyers said.

Courts in Ghaziabad observe a holiday on second Saturdays.

"We have received a certified copy of the order of the Allahabad High Court. It is expected that they (Rajesh and Nupur) will walk out of the jail on Monday," Vandana Talwar, Aarushi's aunt, told reporters on Saturday.

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are lodged in the Dasna prison in Ghaziabad since November 2013 after they were awarded life sentence in the case.

The dentist couple had challenge the sentence in the Allahabad High Court, which acquitted them in the sensational double murder case earlier this week.