New Delhi: The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce its order on the bail application of naval officer Emile Jerome in Neeraj Grover murder case.
Earlier on Wednesday, observing that there was circumstantial evidence against Emile Jerome, convicted in the Neeraj Grover murder case, the Bombay High Court said it was not inclined to grant him bail.
"We are not inclined to grant bail. There is circumstantial evidence. But we can expedite the hearing of the appeal filed by Jerome against the conviction," a division bench of Justices VM Kanade and ML Tahalayani said while hearing the bail plea of Jerome.
Jerome, who was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a sessions court for culpable homicide, has sought to be released on bail pending hearing of his appeal against conviction.
The state government's appeals challenging the trial court order convicting him of culpable homicide not amounting
to murder and his fiancee Maria Susairaj, a small-time Kannada actress, of destruction of evidence, are also pending with the court. The prosecution wants them both convicted of murder.
The trial court had on July 1 acquitted the duo of the charge of murder but convicted the naval officer of culpable
homicide and Susairaj on charges of destruction of evidence and sentenced her to three years in jail. Since she had spent more time in jail as an undertrial, she was freed a few days after the verdict.
The judges also observed that the trial court had strongly relied on the retracted confession of Susairaj while convicting Jerome.
"The trial court went on a wrong footing in the beginning itself. There is enough circumstantial evidence. We might ask the trial court to reconsider the verdict," Justice Kanade said but hastened to add that the court was just thinking aloud looking at the evidence prima facie.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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