New Delhi, July 5 :    New Delhi, July 5:  The Jessica Lal murder case got a fresh lease of life today when socialite Malini Ramani testified that accused Manu Sharma was present at Tamarind Court when the model was shot dead. Saying she could identify the person who had asked her for drinks at the party where Jessica was killed, Malini pointed at the accused and said: 'He looked just like him.' Jessica had been shot dead at Tamarind Court, within Qutub Colonade in south Delhi, on the night of April 29, 1999. It was alleged that the accused, Manu Sharma, killed her after he was refused drinks as the bar had closed. Malini said she had seen the accused again in a police station on May 8, 1999, a week after the murder when she was arrested in a case under the Excise Act. Malini, whose mother Bina Ramani owns Qutub Colonade, is the sixth witness in the case. Barring her and first witness Deepak Bhojwani, the remaining four have refused to identify the prime accused. The case started losing ground when star eyewitness Shayan Munshi turned hostile and said Manu did not shoot Jessica. Then, Shivdas Yadav, who had told police that he had seen the shooting, said in court that he was not present in the cafe when the murder took place. He said he was on the terrace when he heard the shots. Karan Rajput claimed he was not even present in Delhi on that night. Earlier, he had told the police that he saw Jessica being killed. Another witness, Parikshit Sagar, denied in court that he had met Manu on the night of the murder. It was expected that Malini, too, would turn hostile. But her testimony today has come as a big boost for the prosecution. 'In the year 1999, we used to have parties in Qutub Colonade. Liquor would also be consumed,' said Malini. On the night of the murder, a farewell party was being held for Malini's stepfather George Mailhod, who was going abroad for five months. Jessica was serving drinks at the bar. 'The party began at 10 pm and was over by 1.45 am. I went with a friend, Sanjay Mehtani, to the restaurant to look for something to eat. Jessica, Shayan Munshi, my electrician, and a couple of waiters were present at the cafe,' Malini said. A number of people present in the party was enquiring about the food and drinks, but Malini told them that the bar had closed and there was nothing to eat. According to Malini, it was around that time that four or five men walked into the cafe. One of them, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, asked for whisky. He was in his mid-twenties and was on the plump side, she said. He kept asking Jessica and Malini for drinks and the two kept saying that drinks could not be served. When he offered to pay for the drinks, Malini said: 'It does not matter. I will not give a sip even for a thousand rupees.' To that he retorted: 'Could I have a sip of you for a thousand rupees.' Malini told the court that irritated, she walked out of the cafe. After a minute-and-a-half, Shayan came running to her and said Jessica had been shot. Beside Manu Sharma, some big names facing trial in this case are Amardeep Singh Gill, a former Coca-Cola executive, former Rajya Sabha member D.P. Yadav's son Vikas, former President Shankar Dayal Sharma's relative Shyam Sundar Sharma and former cricketer and film personality Yograj Singh.