Mumbai : Sanjeev Khanna, the step father of Sheena Bora and a key accused in the murder case, was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till September 21.
Khanna, who was produced in the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate court, filed an application before a court here saying that he is in illegal detention and should be released forthwith.
The application moved by his lawyer Shreyansh Mithare said the police ought to have produced Khanna in the court on Monday but he was taken to Kolkata.
Mithare said that not producing Khanna before the court on the day when his remand ends amounts to “illegal detention.”
Magistrate G R Taur has called for a report from the Khar police station and is likely to hear the application on September 10.
On Monday, a fortnight after their arrest, the court had remanded key accused Indrani Mukherjea and her former driver Shyam Rai to judicial custody till September 21 while Khanna was taken to Kolkata and produced in a court there.
The mandatory period of 14-days for police custody of all the three had ended on Monday.
