New Delhi, July 15: The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the CBI on the bail plea of Siddharth Vasisth alias Manu Sharma, who is facing trial in the Jessica Lall murder case. While issuing the notice, Justice S K Agrawal extended the interim bail granted to the accused till August 19, the next date of hearing.
The court extended the interim bail after Manu's counsel R K Naseem submitted that there was no change in circumstances since the passage of the last order.
Earlier, he was granted interim bail on the ground that recording of evidence in the case was yet to be completed and police were yet to produce witness Dinesh Kumar from Nepal.
Last time Manu's interim bail was extended on March 25. He was initially granted interim bail in January last year and the court had been extending the same since then.
While extending his bail, the court had asked Manu not to enter Delhi except on the day of trial and not to influence the witnesses. He was also restrained from visiting abroad without the court's permission and directed to surrender passport to Delhi Police.
CBI had sought more time to produce witness Dinesh Kumar from Nepal before the trial court. Kumar was working as watchman in the house of Manu's friend Amardeep Singh Gill, where he had allegedly taken shelter after the crime.
Gill is also facing trial for harbouring Manu.
Model Jessica Lall was shot dead allegedly by Manu, son of former minister Vinod Sharma, at a south Delhi restaurant owned by NRI socialite Bina Ramani on the intervening night of April 29-30, 1999, for refusing to serve him liquor. Bureau Report