Jessica case: Police file review plea

After waiting for three weeks, the Delhi Police today filed a revision petition challenging the acquittal of all nine accused in the Jessica Lal murder case in the Delhi High Court. The matter may come up for hearing tomorrow.

The Delhi Police, in its petition, said the judgment of February 21, delivered by sessions judge S L Bhayana, was manifestly wrong, bad in law and contrary to facts and evidence on record.

The petition said, "The trial court fell into grave error in rejecting highly relevant material evidence in the instant case'' and acquitted the accused.

Refuting the two bullets theory of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report, the Delhi Police said, "The trial court grossly erred in holding the prosecution version that one accused had fired two shots from one pistol.''

According to the police petition, medical evidence showed that one gun shot injury, ie the entry wound, which was corroborated by the forensic expert, had not been challenged even in the cross examination by the accused.