New Delhi, Dec 02: The Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea of Jessica Lal murder case prime accused Siddharth Vashisht alias Manu Sharma and lamented that in the present day society even if a murder takes place before a large gathering not one comes forward to help the prosecution. A bench comprising Justice N Santosh and Justice B P Singh refused to interfere in the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail plea after hearing arguments from senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, the counsel for the accused.
Jethmalani pleaded that Sharma has done nothing to warrant cancellation of the interim bail granted to him for the last one year.
He argued that Sharma was entitled to bail as the prosecution was in no position to prove the guilt of his client in the case pertaining to the killing of the ramp model at 'Tamarind Court' in south Delhi as none of the witnesses supported the police case.
At this point, the bench observed "in this society it is a big problem. There are people watching the incident and yet nobody comes forward to support the prosecution."
When the counsel kept on stressing the fact that three judges of the high court had granted interim bail to him and there was no occasion for the fourth judge to reject the same, the bench asked "in a murder case of this nature why bail at all was granted".
The High Court had dismissed the bail plea of Sharma on November 11 saying "circumstantial evidence" was "consistent with his guilt". Pusruant to the high court order, Sharma was sent to judicial custody by a trial court.
Bureau Report