MUMBAI, April 28 -- A special court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce Sheena Bora's personal laptop, which is lying in a CBI storehouse since 2016, in the ongoing trail of Bora's murder in 2012. The CBI has not relied on the laptop as an evidence but Bora's mother and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea, filed an application and sought its production stating that it could be significant as evidence in the case. The court allowed the application and directed CBI to produce the laptop along with its seizure panchanama, forensic examination report and chain-of-custody documents, holding that the absence of these materials affects the fairness of the trial. Passing the order, special judge J P Darekar relied on the prosecution's own record, noting that the laptop is specifically described in the list of un-relied articles as having been seized, identified and sealed. The court recorded that the device was "identified by Rahul Mukerjea", son of Indrani's then husband Peter Mukerjea, also an accused, and that "he had also used the said laptop". This, the court indicated, lends the device independent evidentiary value, given Rahul's position as a key witness who was engaged to Sheena. Crucially, while the description notes that the laptop was "sealed in the presence of above witnesses", suggesting compliance with seizure procedure under criminal law, the court found that no corresponding documentation had been placed on record. It flagged that "there is no mention of search and seizure panchanama. [or] forensic examination report", and also noted the absence of any material showing how the device was transferred between the Khar police and the CBI. This gap, the court observed, persists despite the prosecution's own assertion that the laptop had been sent for forensic analysis. On April 24, 2026, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea by Indrani Mukerjea for permission to travel abroad....