The Supreme Court of India issued a notice on Monday to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding Indrani Mukerjea’s petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to deny her permission to travel overseas. Mukerjea, a former media executive embroiled in the infamous Sheena Bora murder case, seeks to travel to the U.K. and Spain for professional reasons.
Justice M.M. Sundresh, leading the Bench, called for the CBI’s response to the special leave petition put forth by Mukerjea’s legal team, advocates Sana Raees Khan and Sandeep Singh. This move comes after a Special Court had initially granted permission on July 19 for Mukerjea to travel abroad for about 10 days within the next three months, a decision later overturned by the Bombay High Court in September.
Mukerjea, who holds British citizenship, argued that her presence was necessary in the U.K. and Spain to manage urgent business affairs that required her personal attention. The Bombay High Court, however, countered that these matters could be handled through the respective embassies.
Arrested in August 2015, Mukerjea was implicated in the murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora, who was allegedly strangled in a car in April 2012 by Mukerjea, her then-driver Shyamvar Rai, and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna. The prosecution claims that Bora’s body was subsequently burnt in a forest in Raigad district. Mukerjea was granted bail by the Supreme Court in 2022 after several years of legal proceedings.
