Aarushi, Hemraj murder case: Supreme Court admits CBI appeal against acquittal of Rajesh, Nupur Talwar

The Supreme Court on Friday has admitted the appeals by CBI against the acquittal of Nupur and Rajesh Talwar in the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008.

#BREAKING -- #AarushiTalwarMurder: Supreme Court admits appeals by CBI against Talwars' acquittal. SC issues notice to Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. Court tags up CBI's petition with Hemrak's wife's plea | @utkarsh_aanand with more details pic.twitter.com/Pl5TnqDo4u

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The CBI in March had filed an appeal  stating that the Allahabad High Court’s decision in October last year was “wrong” on several counts.  Banjade, Hemraj's wife, had approached the apex court in December  last year and had then said, “We’ve come to the Supreme Court for justice… the high court freed them (Talwars), they are killers… they should be punished.” Hemraj was the domestic help who was killed in the Aarushi Talwar murder in 2008 on the latter’s 14th birthday.  Speaking to _Firstpost_ earlier , Banjade had said no one paid attention to the death of her husband, except for a couple of journalists who reached out every now and then after the May 2008 incident that tore her life apart. “The focus has always been the death of Aarushi.” On 12 October last year, a bench of Justices BK Narayana and AK Mishra overruled the trial court judgment in the twin murder case of Aarushi and Hemraj and  acquitted the Talwar couple , saying no conviction can stand on the basis of mere suspicion. The judges said that the CBI failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the Talwars are guilty. “The chain of evidence they have showcased is inconclusive,” the court had said. Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead at the Talwars’ Noida residence in May 2008. The needle of suspicion had initially pointed at 45-year-old Hemraj, who had gone missing, but his body was recovered from the terrace of the house two days later. With inputs from agencies