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Jessica murder: Manu Sharma seeks parole

| | Jun 12, 2014, at 02:08 am
New Delhi, June 11 (IBNS): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the city police on the parole plea of Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment for shooting the young model cum bartender, in order to let him appear for his post-graduation examinations in human rights.

A vacation bench of Justice Gita Mittal issued a notice to the city police and asked it to file its response by June 16.

Sharma's counsel told the court that his exams are expected to commence from June 19.

A politician's son, Manu Sharma is serving life imprisonment for the murder of Jessica at a socialite's party  in 1999 when he shot the upcoming model for refusing him a drink after the bar was closed.

Jessica was a bartender in the party of Bina Ramani when the incident occurred, triggering a long legal crusade for the family of the victim who finally got justice after a media uproar and a civil society movement.

Sharma is the son of the Congress leader Venod Sharma.

The murder of Jessica inspired a Bollywood movie titled No One Killed Jessica, starring Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerji.
 

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