'Shiney needs to heal emotionally'

Anupam Ahuja, Shiney's wife, feels that the process of her husband's re-acclimatisation to normal civil life will begin now.

"He needs to heal physically and emotionally. Now begins the second phase of my struggle. But you know what? I can't seem to feel any bitterness," Anupam said.

She says she didn't know how to react to the bail plea being accepted. "It just goes to prove that the law of the country is always trustworthy. I've a feeling Shiney will never have to go back [to jail]. When I last met Shiney in court on September 25, he was in acute pain... He told me he had dreamt of our daughter. And the same day my parents in Delhi told me Arshiya had woken up calling out, 'Papa'. I saw that as a premonition for Shiney's freedom."

The fact that Ahuja won't be able to stay in Mumbai is not seen by his wife as a damper. "Why should I be unhappy when I've got my husband back and our daughter has got her father back? I see our life coming together again," she said.