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Mumbai: Accused knew Jhanvi was dead, says mom’s plea – Times of India

Jhanvi Kukreja with her mom, Nidhi

Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday allowed the plea of Jhanvi Kukreja’s mother to intervene and oppose the bail plea of Diya Padalkar, an accused in the murder of the teenager in the early hours of January 1. Nidhi Kukreja in her plea had cited contents of the chargesheet and said Padalkar (18), the victim’s childhood friend, did not react on seeing the 19-year-old’s body lying in a pool of blood and instead went to the hospital to treat a lip injury.
Citing witness statements, the plea said Padalkar had claimed she was unaware how she had suffered the injuries and was scared and crying. The plea alleged she suffered the injury when she and co-accused, Shree Jogdhankar (22), had attacked Kukreja. “At this point of time, the applicant (Padalkar) was aware Jhanvi was dead and lying in a pool of blood as she had committed a murder and was therefore scared. This is also established by her non or cold reaction to seeing the deceased in a pool of blood and heading straight to the hospital to treat herself, without running to her friend,” the plea said. The plea said the evidence in the chargesheet establishes that the murder took place between 1.45 am and 2.15 am on January 1. It also said the murder was premeditated.
The mother’s plea said if granted bail, Padalkar would influence witnesses, 15 of whom are teens who attended the party, as she knew them.
Jogdhankar and Padalkar, both close friends of Kukreja, are accused of assaulting her and murdering her. The final post-mortem report stated there were no signs of sexual assault on Kukreja, but she had suffered 48 injuries, many of them grave.
The bail plea will come up for hearing on Tuesday.

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