{"id":43481,"date":"2016-06-20T07:50:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T02:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43481"},"modified":"2016-06-20T07:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T02:20:21","slug":"shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","title":{"rendered":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38871\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheena-murder-case-mumbai-police-brings-sanjeev-khanna-to-kolkata\/sheena-vora\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sheena vora\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38871 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indrani Mukherjea&#8217;s former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in Mumbai today.<\/p>\n<p>Rai, who can now depose as the main witness in the killing of the 23-year-old in 2012, told the court that he will &#8220;reveal everything&#8221; about the role played by him and the other accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, in a major twist, Rai expressed his desire to turn approver and sought the court&#8217;s pardon in a two-page letter to the court from jail.<\/p>\n<p>After he was summoned to the witness box and questioned by special CBI judge HS Mahajan, he admitted that Bora was strangled to death.<\/p>\n<p>Rai was the first accused to be arrested in the case in August 2015, taking the lid off the murder, after he was picked up in connection with an arms case.<\/p>\n<p>Arrested along with Indrani and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna in August last year, Rai has been in continuous custody for the past nine months.<\/p>\n<p>Rai has already confessed that he had witnessed the crime, and was present when Bora, Indrani&#8217;s daughter from a previous relationship, was strangled and during subsequent developments culminating in the dumping of her half-burnt body in the dense forests of Raigad district, around 90 km south of Mumbai, in April 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Sheena, 24, was reported to have disappeared mysteriously, but it later came to light that she was killed on April 24, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was found on May 23 that year by the local police, but the crime remained unnoticed till August 2015 when the sensational murder case unfolded and forensic tests confirmed that the remains belonged to her.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, certain financial deals are believed to be the motive behind Sheena Bora&#8217;s killing, which the CBI is investigating.<\/p>\n<p>The trio of Khanna, Rai and Peter Mukerjea is lodged in Arthur Road Central Jail, while Indrani Mukerjea is lodged in the Byculla Women&#8217;s Jail.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indrani Mukherjea&#8217;s former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in Mumbai today. Rai, who can now depose as the main witness in the killing of the 23-year-old in 2012, told the court that he will &#8220;reveal everything&#8221; about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":38871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84],"tags":[146,32748,31987,117,80,33716,36876],"class_list":["post-43481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-law-news","tag-court","tag-criminal-news","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-sheena-bora-murder-case","tag-shyamvar-rai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Indrani Mukherjea&#039;s former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Indrani Mukherjea&#039;s former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Court\",\"Criminal news\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\",\"Sheena Bora murder case\",\"Shyamvar Rai\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criminal Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\",\"name\":\"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Indrani Mukherjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1\",\"width\":600,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Criminal Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/criminal-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"Indrani Mukherjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"Indrani Mukherjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case","datePublished":"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case"},"wordCount":352,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","keywords":["Court","Criminal news","featured","Law","Legal News","Sheena Bora murder case","Shyamvar Rai"],"articleSection":["Criminal Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case","name":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","datePublished":"2016-06-20T02:20:21+00:00","description":"Indrani Mukherjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case\u00a0 by a special CBI court in - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","width":600,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shyamvar-rai-made-approver-sheena-bora-murder-case#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Criminal Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43544,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/khanna-seeks-copy-shyamvar-rais-confessional-statement","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":0},"title":"Khanna seeks copy of Shyamvar Rai&#8217;s confessional statement","author":"Legal India News","date":"June 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Sanjeev Khanna, arrested in connection with the murder of his former wife Indrani Mukerjea's daughter Sheena Bora, has approached Bombay High Court seeking a copy of confessional statement of Indrani's former driver Shyamvar Rai, who was recently made approver in the case. Khanna sought the copy of Rai's statement recorded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42937,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheena-bora-case-indranis-ex-driver-wants-turn-approver","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":1},"title":"Sheena Bora case: Indrani&#8217;s ex-driver wants to turn approver","author":"Legal India News","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In a fresh twist to the sensational Sheena Bora murder\u00a0case, key accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai today told a special CBI court here that he wants to turn approver and \"disclose certain truths about the commission of the offence.\" Last week, Rai had written a two-page letter to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49511,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/felt-little-afraid-indrani-told-murder-plan-rai","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":2},"title":"Felt a little afraid when Indrani told me about murder plan: Rai","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Shyamvar Rai, accused-turned prosecution witness in the Sheena Bora murder case, today told the trial court here he felt a little scared when Indrani told him about the murder plan. Rai, an accused who has turned approver, is currently being cross-examined by the defence lawyers. When Indrani's lawyer asked him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43297,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/no-objection-rai-approver-sheena-case-cbi","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":3},"title":"No objection in Rai approver in Sheena case: CBI","author":"Legal India News","date":"June 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The CBI today told a special court here that it does not have any objection in making key accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai an approver in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case. \"We have filed our reply and have said that we don't have any objection in making\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43697,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheena-bora-case-driver-claims-indrani-planted-gun","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":4},"title":"Sheena Bora case: Driver claims Indrani planted a gun on him","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Key accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai, who has turned approver in the Sheena Bora murder case, has submitted that his 43-year-old employer 'implicated' him in an arms case by planting a gun on him soon after allegedly killing her daughter. He has made this claim in his confessional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/sheena-vora.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60101,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sheena-bora-murder-case-court-rejects-indranis-bail-plea","url_meta":{"origin":43481,"position":5},"title":"Sheena Bora murder case: Court rejects Indrani&#8217;s bail plea","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A special CBI court here rejected\u00a0the bail plea of Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, noting that the possibility of the accused influencing prosecution witnesses cannot be ruled out. After failing to secure bail multiple times on medical grounds, Mukerjea in December last year filed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/Sheena-Bora-case.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-bjj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}