SC to hear Manu Sharma's appeal in Jessica murder case

FIGHTBACK: Manu Sharma (C) was convicted in the Jessica Lall murder case in December 2006.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to hear an review petition filed by Manu Sharma, main convict in the Jessica Lall murder case.

The Delhi High Court had sentenced Manu to life imprisonment on December 20, 2006, reversing an earlier acquittal.

In his appeal Manu says that he did not get a fair trail in the Delhi High Court and that his conviction was the result of media pressure.

Manu's bail plea will also be heard on Tuesday. The SC had earlier declined to grant him interim bail till the disposal of his review plea.

On January 24, a Bench consisting of Chief Justice KG Balakrishan and Justices RV Raveendran and JM Panchal fixed February 12 after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Manu, pleaded for expeditious hearing.

Jessica was shot dead shot dead in April 1999, at a party at Qutub Colonnade restaurant in south Delhi.

There were nine accused in the case but the trial court on February 21, 2006, acquitted all of them citing lack of evidence against them as the reason.

However, the Delhi High Court on December 20, 2006 reversed the acquittal and awarded life imprisonment to Manu Sharma.

Manu is the son of senior Congress leader Vinod Sharma.