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After running from pillar to post to get justice for his slain son,Amarnath Grover,who had requested for an experienced lawyer to fight the case in which Kannada actress Maria Susairaj and her fiance were acquitted of murder charge,has now been told by Maharashtra Government to pay the fees for special prosecutor.
How can the government ask me to pay for the prosecutor? The prosecution failed before the trial court. I only wanted a competent and experienced lawyer who would place before the court all the evidence and bring the case to its logical end, said a shocked Amarnath.
Neeraj Grover,25,was murdered in 2008 allegedly by Susairaj and her naval officer fiance Emile Jerome. The trial court had on July 1 acquitted the two,but sent the fiance to 10 years imprisonment,and sentenced Susairaj to three years in jail.
While Jerome continues to be in jail,Susairaj was released as she had served her term as an undertrial. Both have gone to Bombay HC challenging their conviction.
Considering the trial court’s observation of weak prosecution,Amarnath requested the state to appoint a senior and experienced prosecutor. Amarnath said that on August 30 he received a letter from the Home Department asking for his reasons behind wanting a special public prosecutor,and that he would have to bear expenses.
“If the complainant or the victim or their family approaches the government saying that they do not want the concerned public prosecutor and want to appoint their own lawyer then they will have to bear the expenses of that lawyer,” V L Achliya,secretary,Law and Judiciary department of the government,said.
