Jessica murder accused declared proclaimed offenders

Non-supply of documents, collected by police in support of its allegations, to the accused had prevented the court from committing the case for sessions trial.

The court declared two accused Ravindra Krishan Sudan alias Titu and Dhanraj, who were accused of destroying evidence by concealing the weapon of offence, as "proclaimed offenders for absconding from the process of law".

The 34-year-old model was shot dead on April 30 by Manu Sharma, son of former Union Minister Venod Sharma, when Jessica refused to serve him liquor late at night, police in its chargesheet filed on August 3 last year had alleged.

Manu Sharma, who was later arrested at Chandigarh, had allegedly handed over his weapon of offence to Sudan, who was suspected to have fled the country.

Manu and his friend Vikas Yadav, son of Rajya Sabha MP DP Yadav, are lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody while 11 other accused have been granted bail by the court.