Zaheera to be in Mumbai jail

As per the SC order, the prime witness in the Best Bakery case will undergo one-year imprisonment for perjury.

A sessions court on Wednesday ordered prime witness in the Best Bakery case Zaheera Sheikh to undergo one year imprisonment in a Mumbai jail as per the Supreme Court order for contempt of the court.

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Judge Abhay Thipsay ordered police to lodge Zaheera in the Byculla jail to execute the Supreme Court order that had sentenced her to one year in jail and had imposed a Rs 50,000 fine.

The judge also ordered that Zaheera may be given a set off for the period she has already spent in prison after her surrender before the court recently.

The judge adjourned till April 7 the matter concerning show cause notices issued to Zaheera and her family members for perjury (giving false evidence) in the Best Bakery retrial in the Mumbai court.