The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Venod Sharma, in the 1999 Jessica Lall murder case.
   "The prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the presence of Manu Sharma at the site of the offence," a Bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar said, upholding the Delhi High Court verdict.
    The apex court also upheld the conviction as well assentence of four years jail term of Vikas Yadav, son of
controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav and, Amarjeet Singh Gill, an MNC executive, for the destruction of evidence.
      "The Delhi High Court has given cogent and adequate reasons for reversal of acquittal given by the trial court," the bench said.
     "The presence of accused is proved by ocular evidence of prosecution witnesses," the Bench said while pronouncing the verdict.

The apex court dismissed the plea of Manu that he was innocent and implicated in the case. "The arguments on behalf of Manu Sharma that the entire story involving him in the crime is planted and concocted is erroneous," the court said.
      According to the Delhi police, Lall was shot dead by Manu at the Tamarind Court Cafe restaurant owned by socialite Bina Ramani at Qutub Colonnade in South Delhi where she had hosted a party for her Canadian husband George Mailhot.