File reply on Peter’s bail plea by Jan 16: Court

A special CBI court on Tuesday directed the central probe agency to file its reply on the bail application filed by former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora murder case, by January 16. Special Judge H S Mahajan adjourned the bail hearing till January 16 after CBI informed the court that they will file their reply by that date. “We will file our reply by January 16,” special public prosecutor Kavita Patil told the court. In his bail application, filed on Monday through his lawyer Kushal Mor, Peter had said that CBI had found no evidence to justify his arrest, though it had his custody for 11 days and even subjected him to psycho-analysis and polygraph tests. Peter also dismissed the charge that he misled his son Rahul (with whom Sheena was in a relationship) about her whereabouts after her disappearance.