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Court to examine vital links in Jessica case today

Staff Reporter

Police want nod to examine 13 fresh witnesses

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court will take up for hearing on Thursday an application by the Delhi police seeking permission to examine 13 fresh witnesses in the Jessica Lal murder case to prove three vital links in the chain of circumstances.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice R.S. Sodhi and Justice P.K. Bhasin fixed the date for hearing when Standing Counsel Mukta Gupta submitted that it was urgent.

At the time of filing the appeal against the acquittal in the case, the police also sought the Court's permission to adduce additional evidence in the case.

The police sought to examine these witnesses in connection with purchase of 25 cartridges of .22 bore by prime accused Manu Sharma from Sonu Gun House at Karnal in Haryana; the opinion of Central Forensic Laboratory (CFSL) on the two empty shells of cartridges recovered from the spot and the recovery of Tata Safari owned by Piccadilly Agro Industries in which Manu Sharma was one of the directors.

The police said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to investigate the destruction of evidence had found that Sonu Gun House in connivance with other persons had fabricated the relevant records/entries in the daily sales register to create false evidence to show that the cartridges that Manu had bought from it bore `KF' mark, and not `C' empties which were recovered from the crime scene.

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