Nupur convinces SC, gets bail after 139 days behind bars
18 Sep 2012 12:56 AM GMT
The dentist Nupur Talwar, who has been in jail for over four months in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj, was granted bail on Monday by the Supreme Court, which directed her to be released by 25 September.
In view of the ongoing trial in which the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] is examining the witnesses, a bench of the justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar said that Talwar be released next week and directed the investigating agency to complete the examination of witnesses by 25 September.
'We ask the trial court to allow one week time to the CBI to examine the remaining material witnesses. If they are not examined then trial court shall release the petitioner by September 25,' the bench said.
Talwar, who has been in jail for 139 days since her surrender before the Ghaziabad court on 30 April, had moved the apex court, challenging the Allahabad high court's order which had on 31 May dismissed her plea for bail. Her dentist husband Rajesh Talwar, who is a co-accused in the case, was granted bail on 11 July 2008 by the trial court.
Opposing the bail plea, the additional solicitor general Siddharth Luthra contended that the CBI had already examined nine out of 13 witnesses and only two witnesses remained to be examined as it had dropped two witnesses because they are not traceable. It assured the court that trial would be completed by the end of this year.
Filing her petition through the advocate Sanjeev Kapur, she pleaded that she be granted bail as she had been co-operating with the investigating agency and had never tried to influence the witnesses.
In view of the ongoing trial in which the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] is examining the witnesses, a bench of the justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar said that Talwar be released next week and directed the investigating agency to complete the examination of witnesses by 25 September.
'We ask the trial court to allow one week time to the CBI to examine the remaining material witnesses. If they are not examined then trial court shall release the petitioner by September 25,' the bench said.
Talwar, who has been in jail for 139 days since her surrender before the Ghaziabad court on 30 April, had moved the apex court, challenging the Allahabad high court's order which had on 31 May dismissed her plea for bail. Her dentist husband Rajesh Talwar, who is a co-accused in the case, was granted bail on 11 July 2008 by the trial court.
Opposing the bail plea, the additional solicitor general Siddharth Luthra contended that the CBI had already examined nine out of 13 witnesses and only two witnesses remained to be examined as it had dropped two witnesses because they are not traceable. It assured the court that trial would be completed by the end of this year.
Filing her petition through the advocate Sanjeev Kapur, she pleaded that she be granted bail as she had been co-operating with the investigating agency and had never tried to influence the witnesses.
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