HC not likely to grant bail,Emile Jerome withdraws plea

Additional Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh,however,cited a Supreme Court ruling which stated that grant of bail was not routine in cases where the accused had served half the sentence while his appeal was pending. She added that the state had filed an appeal against the trial court’s decision acquitting Jerome and his friend,Kannada actor Maria Susairaj,of the murder charge,and sought the enhancement of the punishment handed out to Jerome. She said there was sufficient material to prove that Jerome had murdered Grover in Susairaj’s Malad flat.

Seeking the reversal of the trial court order that held him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder,Jerome said,“That motive,if any,was with the original accused No 1 (Susairaj) for committing the offence and not with the appellant/original accused No 2 (Jerome).”

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