Yes, Jessica was killed twice... once in 1999 by the accused Siddharth Vasisht alias Manu Sharma, and now again in 2006 by the Indian Judiciary. The accused is the son of former federal minister, Vinod Sharma. He is alleged to have shot dead model Jessica Lal, who was working as a bartender at a well-known restaurant, Tamarind Court. She had refused to serve him a drink after midnight (0200 hours on Friday, April 30 1999) - something which is prohibited by licensing laws. So the rich, powerful, arrogant and spoilt ‘ministerial son’ paid her farewell good-bye with his gun (unlicensed!). The court ‘had’ charged mainly the following Manu Sharma, Vikas Yadav, Manu's uncle Shyam Sundar Sharma, Amardeep Singh Gill and Alok Khanna, both former executives of a multinational soft drinks company, cricketer Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh, Harvinder Chopra, Vikas Gill and Raja Chopra.
But, questions are being raised about the motive for the murder. It is being said that Jessica was to accompany Manu Sharma and backed out. Why she was supposed to go out with him or backed out is not known.
But this sensational case was subdued after 7 years and all the alleged were acquitted. Talking to reporters after pronouncing the judgment, Additional Sessions Judge S. L. Bhayana said: "The court has acquitted them because the Delhi police failed to sustain the grounds on which they had built up their case.'' Quite a convincing reason!! "The police failed to recover the weapon which was used to fire at Jessica Lal as well as prove their theory that the two cartridges, emptied shells of which were recovered from the spot, were fired from one weapon,'' the Judge added. Hmm.. so these are loop holes in the law or tampering the evidence??! Well, may be judiciary is not smart enough to cope up with hostile witnesses and contradictory evidences!
Jessica, according to the police, was taken to a hospital in Safdurjung Enclave. She was later declared dead at the Apollo Hospital. The All India Institute of Medical Science conducted her post-mortem. Her friends describe her as bubbly, vivacious and full of life. Let us see whether she is lucky enough to get justice! Whatever she was, I don’t think she deserved such a merciless death!
http://www.rediff.com/news/jessica.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lal
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But, questions are being raised about the motive for the murder. It is being said that Jessica was to accompany Manu Sharma and backed out. Why she was supposed to go out with him or backed out is not known.
But this sensational case was subdued after 7 years and all the alleged were acquitted. Talking to reporters after pronouncing the judgment, Additional Sessions Judge S. L. Bhayana said: "The court has acquitted them because the Delhi police failed to sustain the grounds on which they had built up their case.'' Quite a convincing reason!! "The police failed to recover the weapon which was used to fire at Jessica Lal as well as prove their theory that the two cartridges, emptied shells of which were recovered from the spot, were fired from one weapon,'' the Judge added. Hmm.. so these are loop holes in the law or tampering the evidence??! Well, may be judiciary is not smart enough to cope up with hostile witnesses and contradictory evidences!
Jessica, according to the police, was taken to a hospital in Safdurjung Enclave. She was later declared dead at the Apollo Hospital. The All India Institute of Medical Science conducted her post-mortem. Her friends describe her as bubbly, vivacious and full of life. Let us see whether she is lucky enough to get justice! Whatever she was, I don’t think she deserved such a merciless death!
http://www.rediff.com/news/jessica.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lal
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Update:
The Delhi High Court has convicted Manu Sharma under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of model Jessica Lal.
Justices R S Sodhi and P K Bhasin also found Vikas Yadav and Amarjeet Singh Gill alias Tony guilty of conspiracy and destruction of evidence. They have been convicted under Section 201 of IPC.
The court declared that Manu Sharma, son of a senior Haryana Congress leader, had actually fired the shot that killed Jessica.
http://www.rediff.com/news/jessica.html
Glad to know that finally justice was done!
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