The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court’s judgment acquitting Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case last year.
“The papers have been filed with the Supreme Court’s registry and the matter is scheduled to come up for a hearing on March 12,” said a CBI official.
The Talwars were released from prison in October 2017 after the High Court acquitted them.
Aarushi was found murdered with her throat slit at her Noida residence on the night of May 16, 2008. The body of domestic help Hemraj was found on the terrace a day later. The Noida Police arrested Dr. Talwar for his alleged involvement.
However, following a public outrage, the case was transferred to the CBI. The agency initially alleged the role of three helps. It later zeroed in on Dr. Talwar and his wife. The Bureau subsequently filed a closure report on the grounds of insufficient prosecutable evidence.
The Special Court did not accept the closure report and converted it into a charge sheet against the Talwars, stating that there was enough prosecutable evidence. The two were tried and convicted for the murders.
The couple challenged the convictions in the High Court that acquitted them in October last year.
