The Bombay High Court on Thursday gave the go-ahead to Netflix documentary series, ‘The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth’, and rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea to pass a stay order on the release.
A Division Bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Manjusha Deshpande watched the documentary series and said it found nothing ‘prejudicial’ in the series that could cause serious concerns on the ongoing trial in the Sheena Bora murder case in which Indrani Mukerjea is booked as a prime accused by the CBI. The court rejected the CBI’s application and said, “We did not think there is anything in the series. We initially thought there maybe something and hence we also watched the docuseries. Public perception is the least of our concerns.”
The Bench said everything that Ms. Mukerjea speaks in the docuseries was pretty much available in public domain. Books and films had already been made on the story, it said. “Whatever she [Indrani] has said [in the series], everything is in public domain. Honestly, we have not found anything that goes against the prosecution. We felt you had a genuine apprehension and, therefore, gave you the opportunity to view the series and did not let the other party argue that day. You cannot presume the accused to be guilty.”
