The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora killing case, observing that prima facie there was no evidence of his involvement in the crime. However, on the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the high court stayed its order for a period of six weeks so that the probe agency could file an appeal against the order.

Peter Mukerjea was arrested on November 19, 2015, in the Sheena Bora killing case, in which his former wife Indrani Mukerjea is the main accused. Justice Nitin Sambre granted him bail on a surety of Rs two lakh. The court in its order noted there was no prima facie evidence to infer that Peter Mukerjea was involved in the commission of the crime.