New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday jailed for 15 days elusive woman member Pavitra Murali of Mumbai`s controversial Boss School of Music for hurling a footwear at erstwhile apex court judge, Justice Arijit Pasayat in 2009.

Though the apex court had earlier awarded three months imprisonment to Pavitra and three others, a special bench of Justices Altamas Kabir, G S Singhiv and H L Dattu reduced the sentence to 15 days after the woman, who eluded arrest since March 2009, today tendered an unconditional apology. Pavitra was today produced in the court after being nabbed by police at Mumbai after she arrived from Frankfurt. On the earlier directions of the apex court, the authorities had issued red corner notices for tracking her.
Though senior counsel UU Lalit pleaded for quashing her punishment, Attorney General G E Vahanvathi opposed the same saying three of her accomplices have already served the jail term and she cannot be given any relief.
Three other members - Leila David, Sarita Parikh and Annie Kotian had already undergone 3 months imprisonment after the apex court on October 22, 2009, convicted them on contempt of court charges for hurling a slipper at Justice Pasayat (since retd) and making wild allegations against the judges of the apex court and the Bombay High Court.
The trio, in fact, too were on the run for over a year before they could be apprehended and produced in court on May 11 last year. They had been tracked down by police in Mathura.
Boss School of Music, operating from a Mumbai suburb, had run into trouble after parents of students studying in the school lodged complaints against its authorities for allegedly detaining their wards illegally and indulging in "back magic" and other illegal activities. The school was founded by Glen Fernandes in 1996 at Vasai, 40 km from Mumbai and the police had registered several cases against its members earlier.
PTI