The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Tuesday
rejected
the
bail
plea
of
Indrani
Mukerjea,
who
is
the
prime
accused
in
the
Sheena
Bora
murder
case.
Mukerjea's
lawyer
Sana
Khan
said
they
will
now
move
the
Supreme
Court
for
bail.
Mukerjea
is
currently
lodged
at
the
Byculla
women's
prison
in
Mumbai
following
her
arrest
in
August
2015.
This
was
her
first
attempt
to
seek
bail
from
the
high
court
on
merits
of
the
case.
She
had
been
denied
bail
on
multiple
occasions
by
a
special
CBI
court,
which
is
conducting
the
trial
in
the
murder
case.
Mukerjea
is
facing
trial
for
allegedly
killing
her
daughter
Sheena
Bora.
Bora
(24)
was
allegedly
strangled
to
death
in
a
car
by
Mukerjea,
her
then
driver
Shyamvar
Rai
and
former
husband
Sanjeev
Khanna
in
April
2012.
The
body
was
burnt
in
a
forest
in
neighbouring
Raigad
district.
Bora
was
born
out
of
Mukerjea's
previous
relationship.
Former
media
baron
Peter
Mukerjea
was
also
arrested
for
allegedly
being
part
of
the
conspiracy.
He
was
granted
bail
by
the
high
court
in
February
2020.
His
marriage
to
Indrani
Mukerjea
ended
during
the
period
of
incarceration.