Aarushi case: SC to hear Rajesh Talwar's bail plea today

Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar's interim bail plea will be heard in Supreme Court on Monday in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. Rajesh Talwar is facing trial along with his wife Nupur Talwar for allegedly killing his teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008.

A bench of justices AK Ganguly and JS Khehar, which had dismissed the couple's plea to quash the criminal proceedings against them, will hear the petition for interim bail in the sensational murder case.

Last week, the Supreme Court rejected their appeal to quash criminal proceedings against them.

The bench had said there was nothing wrong in the Ghaziabad magistrate's order taking cognisance against them and putting them on trial as the trial judge passed the order after applying his mind.

"We feel constrained to observe that the court should exercise utmost restraint before interfering in the magistrate's order," the bench had said adding, "The magistrate has applied his mind to come to the conclusion of taking cognisance in the case".

The investigation in the case was initially carried out by the Uttar Pradesh Police which had arrested Aarushi's father on May 23, 2008.

Rajesh Talwar was granted bail in 2008 after the CBI had filed a closure report on the twin murder case citing insufficient evidence. The court, however, rejected the closure report and asked them to face trial in the case.

Aarushi was found dead with her throat slit at the family's Noida residence on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008 and the body of domestic help Hemraj was found dead on the terrace the following day.

(With additional information from PTI)