Ex-navy man, actress jailed for killing TV executive
Ex-naval officer Jerome Mathew was Friday sentenced to 10 years in jail for the 2008 murder of TV producer Neeraj Grover for having an affair with his girlfriend Maria Monica Susairaj. The actress got a three-year term for destroying evidence, but would walk free for time done as an undertrial.
Sessions Judge M.W. Chandwani ordered Mathew and Susairaj to pay Rs.100,000 and Rs.50,000 respectively, to the victim's family as compensation, said advocate Sharif Sheikh, the counsel for the Kannada actress.
'Susairaj has already served more than three years as an undertrial. If she manages to pay up the compensation amount today (Friday), then she will be set free by evening,' Sheikh told reporters shortly after the verdict.
However, Mathew will be behind bars for seven years as he has served around three years in jail as an undertrial.
If the duo fails to pay up the fine, then they will be required to spend another six months in jail, their lawyers said.
Text: IANS
Photos: PTI
Image: Kannada actress Maria Susairaj is being produced in a sessions court in Mumbai on Friday in connection with the Neeraj Grover killing case.
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