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| The 2008 film, Halla Bol, made by Rajkumar Santoshi, is based around a murder similar to that of Jessica Lall's in a public bar, and shows similar public uprising upon the acquittal of the accused, leading to their eventual retrial, and sentencing tHere's a long drawn explanation of the case below.. But basically Jessica worked as a celeb barmaid in Tamarind court restaurant (Qutb colonade). Manu Sharma (Siddharth Vashisht, who is son of Venod Sharma) went to the restaurant on that night with a group of friends. at about 2 a.m. Manu Sharma, asked for a drink, which Jessica refused, he then tried to offer a thousand rupees, which she refused as well. the inebriated and enraged Manu Sharma shot at Jessica twice at point blank range, the first bullet till the ceiling, while the second one proved fatal, as it hit Jessica, who was now kneeling over, on the temple and she fell unconscious immediately.In the ensuing melee, as the 90-odd celebrity guests and Delhi's glitterati scattered around, the culprits Alok Khanna, Amardeep Singh Gill (Tony) and Vikas Yadav slipped away from the scene together in Alok's car, while Manu Sharma hid in nearby village, one km away, for a while.Next, Manu Sharma called Amit Jhingan, in whose white Maruti gypsy, Manu Sharma, Vikas Yadav and Amit, went over to the Mehrauli area beyond Qutub Colonnade, and asked Amit to dig out the weapon from sand pile, in a nearby village, where Manu had buried it while hiding, immediately after the shooting. Thereafter, Jhingan dropped Manu as Tony's residence and returned home. According to Police sources, Manu Sharma then called over, another friend named Titu, who was visiting India from USA, for a wedding, to MP D.P. Yadav's residence where Vikas Yadav had gone hiding, there he was given the weapon for hiding. Whereabouts of Titu were never known and he ostensibly flew off to the USA, after hiding the weapon, a .22 bore pistol ---------Full murder case below-------------------- Jessica Lall (1965-1999) was a model in New Delhi, who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead on April 29, 1999 [1]. Dozens of witnesses pointed to Siddharth Vashisht, a.k.a. Manu Sharma, the son of Venod Sharma, a wealthy Congress politician in Haryana, as the murderer. the murder occured at "Tamarind Court" restaurant, at Qutb Colonnade, a refurbished haveli overlooking the Qutub Minar in Mehrauli. Manu Sharma alias Siddharth Vashisht, the 24-year-old son of former Union minister Venod Sharma having skipped his planned visit to Chandigarh, drove up to the Friends Colony house of Amrinder Singh Gill (Tony), 32, a general manager of Coca-Cola bottling unit in Delhi, where they were joined by 30-year-old Alok Khanna, a colleague of Tony, and Vikas Yadav, son of Rajya Sabha member, D.P. Yadav, a politician from Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. The four had a few drinks and then drove down to Mehrauli in two separate cars. They reached Tamarind Court in Qutub Colonnade, at 11.15 p.m. Manu Sharma had already attended one of the special Thursday nights, subsequently they ordered a few drinks and stayed on [2]. Elsewhere in the town, event management specialist, Shahana Mukherjee, picked up, ramp model Jessica Lal from her house at 10 pm, and escorted her to a party, where she was to be the celebrity bartender that night, as was Shayan Munshi [4]. As it was a busy night, so the drinks were soon over, at about 2 a.m. Manu Sharma, asked for a drink, which Jessica refused, he then tried to offer a thousand rupees, which she refused as well. Though there are many versions of what happened next, sometime soon, the inebriated and enraged Manu Sharma shot at Jessica twice at point blank range, the first bullet till the ceiling, while the second one proved fatal, as it hit Jessica, who was now kneeling over, on the temple and she fell unconscious immediately. Twenty minutes later, she was rushed to the Aashlok Hospital (in Safdurjung Enclave) in a car, and later succumbed to her injuries same night at the Apollo Hospital [2]. In the ensuing melee, as the 90-odd celebrity guests and Delhi's glitterati scattered around, the culprits Alok Khanna, Amardeep Singh Gill (Tony) and Vikas Yadav slipped away from the scene together in Alok's car, while Manu Sharma hid in nearby village, one km away, for a while. The trio, dropped Amit Jhingan at his Vasant Kunj residence, and reached Tony's 'Friends Colony' residence, where later Manu Sharma also joined them, after hitchhiking his way, on a two-wheeler. Next, Manu Sharma called Amit Jhingan, in whose white Maruti gypsy, Manu Sharma, Vikas Yadav and Amit, went over to the Mehrauli area beyond Qutub Colonnade, and asked Amit to dig out the weapon from sand pile, in a nearby village, where Manu had buried it while hiding, immediately after the shooting. Thereafter, Jhingan dropped Manu as Tony's residence and returned home. According to Police sources, Manu Sharma then called over, another friend named Titu, who was visiting India from USA, for a wedding, to MP D.P. Yadav's residence where Vikas Yadav had gone hiding, there he was given the weapon for hiding. Whereabouts of Titu were never known and he ostensibly flew off to the USA, after hiding the weapon, a .22 bore pistol [5]. Manu Sharma spent the night at Vikas Yadav's Ghaziabad residence and the later their escape vehicle, a Tata Sierra, was found abandoned in NOIDA[6]. While Manu Sharma and most of his family continued to abscond, as did Vinod Sharma and his family [7][8], Alok Khanna and Amardeep Singh Gill (Tony) were arrested on May 4. On May 8, Bina Ramani, her husband, George Mailhot and her daughter Malini Ramani, were arrested under the Excise Act for running an illegal bar "Tamarind Court", after interrogation; also arrested was Manu Sharma's accomplice, Amit Jhingan, from Vasant Kunj, under under Section 201 read with 120 (conspiring to destroy evidence), on the basis of disclosures made by Manu Sharma during interrogation. A Delhi court granted bail to the Ramanis, though their passports were seized with Bina Ramani being a British national, her husband, George Mailhot, a Canadian national, and Malini Ramani, a US national; and Amit Jhingan was remanded to judicial custody till May 21.[5][9] On May 19, Vikas Yadav walked into the Delhi police headquarters and surrendered, but only hours later he walked out, as he carried anticipatory bail papers from Imphal Court, the police chose not to arrest him that day, as according to Manipur High Court orders, he was granted two months of bail as soon as he is arrested. Though talking to the press he said, "Manu (the main accused) came to my house and wanted to spend the night there. I only allowed him to stay not knowing what had happened. [10] Vikas Yadav was finally caught on May 30 [6]. Later, on July 9, Delhi High Court cancelled his bail, yet Vikas Yadav managed to elude police custody for while [11] In September 1999, a sessions court granted Vikas Yadav interim bail with the direction that he had to surrender before the trial court a week before beginning of the trial and seek fresh bail, subsequently on May 17, 2001, he sent into judicial custody, though only to given bail once again, by a Delhi city court four days later [12]. On August 3, 1999, Delhi police filed the charge sheet in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate, wherein, Siddharth Vashisht alias Manu Sharma, has named the main accuse and charged under sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 120(b) (criminal conspiracy) and 212 (harbouring suspects) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. While other accused, like Vikas Yadav, Coca-Cola Company officials Alok Khanna and Amardeep Singh Gill (destroying evidence of the case and conspiracy); Shyam Sunder Sharma, Amit Jhingan, Yograj Singh, Harvinder Chopra, Vikas Gill, Raja Chopra, Ravinder Krishan Sudan and Dhanraj, were all charged variously under sections 120(b), 302, 201 and 212 of the IPC (for giving shelter to the accused and destroying evidence) [6] Manu Sharma gave a statement to the Police, which was taped, in which he admits shooting Jessica Lall. "The idea at that time was to shoot in challenge. It was embarrassing to hear that even if I paid a thousand bucks I would not get a sip of drink." This audiotape was obtained and aired by the TV channel NDTV but it does not constitute legal testimony. Subsequently however, the confession was retracted, and a not guilty plea was entered in the trial. Manu Sharma is the son of one of the leading politicians in the state of Haryana, Venod Sharma, belonging to the Congress Party. Earlier a minister in the National Cabinet, Venod Sharma was a minister in the Haryana government at the time the trial judgement was announced. Subsequently, a sting operation by the newsmagazine Tehelka exposed how Venod Sharma paid bribes to win over key witnesses, and Venod Sharma resigned from the Haryana Ministry on October 6th 2006, One of Manu's aunts is a daughter of erstwhile President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma |
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