Sheena Bora case: Court partially allows Indrani's plea seeking documents not part of chargesheet
Mumbai (PTI): A special court here on Saturday partially allowed a plea filed by Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, seeking production and copies of certain documents collected during the probe stage, but not relied upon by the prosecution.
Special CBI court judge J P Darekar, presiding over the trial in the case, held that there was no legal bar to the production and copying of certain documents, such as forensic reports and flight data.
The court noted these descriptions did not suggest secret or confidential information.
Therefore, "in the interest of justice", it will be proper to direct the prosecution to produce these documents and issue the copies of the same to the accused, the court said.
The judge, however, rejected the prayer for production and scrutiny of certain other documents, including the case diary of the local police FIR.
On bare perusal of this legal provision, it is clear that the accused or his agents are not entitled to use or even to see the case diary, the judge said.
Mukerjea had argued that production and scrutiny of these "unrelied documents" were necessary to enable the defence to effectively cross-examine the prosecution witnesses and prepare a "fair and proper defence".
These documents were collected during investigation, but not relied upon by prosecution while filing the chargesheet.
The court at present is recording the testimony of the prosecution witnesses.
Sheena Bora (24) went missing from the city on April 24, 2012.
As per the prosecution, Bora was allegedly strangled to death in a car by her mother Indrani Mukerjea, her then driver Shyamvar Rai (who later turned approver in the case) and Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna in April 2012.
Her body was burnt and disposed of at a forest in the neighbouring Raigad district.
The murder came to light in 2015, after Rai spilled the beans following his arrest in another case.
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Karnataka issues nutrition advisory for govt events; recommends millets, healthier options
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Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government on Monday issued a nutrition advisory recommending healthier food and beverage options at meetings, functions, and other official gatherings held in the state.
The advisory has been issued by the Department of Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Services to promote healthy dietary and nutritional habits among officials and staff, noting that food, refreshments and beverages served in government offices and official programmes are "often not aligned with nutrition standards."
The advisory recommends serving snacks such as millet-based, low-fat and low-sugar foods, fresh fruits, vegetable salads, sprouts, roasted nuts and seeds during in-house office meetings and breaks.
Beverages such as green tea, low-fat buttermilk, and locally filtered or boiled water served in glass bottles or steel flasks have also been suggested.
According to the advisory, for larger government events, conferences and exhibitions, departments have been advised to include at least one millet-based item during snacks and a minimum of two millet dishes in meals, along with local cuisine and at least one regional recipe.
It also recommends the use of brown rice instead of white rice, freshly prepared vegetable salads, and fresh fruits or low-sugar fruit juices.
If non-vegetarian food is served, it should consist of well-cooked lean or white meat, the advisory stated.
In eateries operating within government office campuses, the department has recommended millet-based foods, fresh vegetable salads, boiled pulses such as horse gram or chickpeas, and low-fat beverages.
It suggests serving food using reusable metal plates and glasses.
The advisory also recommends avoiding microwave-heated food, industrially processed food, fried snacks, high-fat or heavily spiced dishes, carbonated drinks, high-sugar fruit juices, and alcoholic beverages.
It further discourages serving milk-based tea or coffee and plastic-bottled water during official events.
“Overall, hygiene and cleanliness should be maintained while serving food and water. Local cottage industries, self-help groups, prison kitchens, nutri-gardens and others should be preferred for placing food and beverage orders,” the advisory added.
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