HC grants 6-week parole to accused in Jyoti murder case

Kanpur: The Allahabad high court recently granted parole of six weeks to Piyush Shyamdasani, the main accused in the much publicized Jyoti murder case of the city.
The bench of Justice Arvind Mishra while granting conditional parole of six weeks to Piyush on May 15 on ground of the illness of his mother, had asked him to furnish two sureties and one personal bond of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court. The period of his parole would be computed from the date of Piyush’s release from jail.
Justice Mishra observed in his order that the accused-applicant had stated on oath that his mother was suffering from various serious ailments and needed immediate medical care and attention as there was no one to look after her.
Granting conditional short term bail (parole), the high court had ordered that the accused-applicant (Piyush) would neither tamper with the evidence nor induce, threaten, promise, nor intimidate the prosecution witnesses. He would not misuse the liberty of parole. After the expiry of six weeks, he would surrender before the court/authority.
Since Piyush is also accused in one more criminal case associated with the Jyoti murder case and has not got bail from the court, he has not been released from jail.
Piyush, son of biscuit baron, had allegedly got killed his wife Jyoti Nagdev by his friends on July 27, 2014. According to police, Piyush was the master mind of the murder and he had planned to get his wife killed. The murder plan was executed by Awadhesh, Sonu, Renu and Manisha Makhija. Piyush had a love affair with a woman Manisha and he wanted to marry her.
Only Manisha has got conditional bail from the Allahabad high court whereas other accused are in jail and their bail applications have been rejected by the sessions court and the high court. The police have also charged Piyush and Manisha and one other accused in a SIM forgery case which is associated with the original murder case.
According to police story, Piyush had managed a SIM on fake identity which was used by the accused in the execution and supervision of the murder plan of his wife Jyoti.
Piyush’s counsel Syed Naqvi, talking to TOI stated that he had moved Piyush’s bail application in the SIM forgery case which was registered under sections 420/467/468/471/120Bof IPC in the lower court on Saturday last. The court had rejected the bail application on the ground that this court had no power to grant bail as the jurisdiction to try the case belongs to the sessions court.
Naqvi said that he would prefer the bail application before the sessions court on Monday
Shankar Nagdev, father of Jyoti, who lives in Jabalpur talking to TOI in a telephonic conversation said that he would challenge the parole order in the high court as the accused had obtained it after misguiding the court.