Peter Mukerjea out of jail after four years

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Updated At : 12:38 PM Mar 21, 2020 IST

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Mumbai, March 20

After spending more than four years behind the bars in the 2012 Sheena Bora murder case, former media baron Peter Mukerjea walked out of Arthur Road Prison in Central Mumbai on Friday evening.

The Bombay High Court had granted Mukerjea bail in February, but stayed the order for six weeks so that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) could file an appeal.

The stay ended on Thursday. The Central agency did not file appeal in the Supreme Court, paving the way for Mukerjea’s release.

Peter was arrested on November 19, 2015, in the case, in which his former wife Indrani Mukerjea is the main accused. He was lodged in the Arthur Road jail since then. — PTI

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