Court Martial Attorney – Court to try navy officer under IPC in Grover murder case
Mumbai, June 30: A sessions court on Tuesday ruled that it will try Naval officer Emile Jerome Mathew, charged with murder of Synergy Adlabs creative head Neeraj Grover, under Indian Penal Code and not under provisions of Court Martial.
The prosecution as well as defence had opposed the trial of Mathew under provisions of court martial.
Besides Jerome, Kannada actress, Maria Sussairaj was also being tried for murder of Grover.
The prosecution had argued that apart from Jerome, a civilian was also involved in the crime, hence court martial rules would not apply in this case. Also, the crime had taken place in an area which fell outside the jurisdiction of Navy.
The court had raised a query last week asking the prosecution and defence to state whether Mathew, a serving Navy lieutenant at the time of the offence, should be tried under the provisions of court martial or under IPC.
Charges have been framed against the accused and three witnesses have already deposed before the court. There is no question of sending the case back to the magistrate to decide on the court martial of the accused, Mathew’s lawyer Wahab Khan argued.
Mathew and Susairaj have been charged with the murder of TV production house Synergy Adlabs creative head, Neeraj Grover on May 8 last year. They cut the body into several pieces and disposed of the remains in a nearby jungle.
Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, San Diego, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States. military-defense-lawyer-recentcases.htm.
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