Ajit Sarkar murder: RJD MP Pappu Yadav gets lifer
The RJD parliamentarian Pappu Yadav was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of CPM leader Ajit Sarkar.
By INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES |
NEW DELHI: The RJD parliamentarian Pappu Yadav was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of CPM leader Ajit Sarkar.
The Patna court also sentenced Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav to life term.
The hearing was completed in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge B M Srivastav in Patna last week.
Special Public Prosecutor Rakesh Kumar Sinha had represented prosecution while renowned lawyer Majid Memon appeared in defence of the accused.
During the trial, the CBI, which investigated the case, had produced altogether 61 witnesses while 27 witnesses were produced by the accused in their defence.
The final hearing was started last month as directed by the Patna High Court.
While hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by a relative of Anil Yadav, an accused in the case, a division Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajesh Balia and Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad had issued the directive to lower court to complete the trial by the end of this month.
Sarkar, a legislator from Purnea, was shot dead by men allegedly acting on Pappu Yadav's orders on June 14, 1998.
Pappu Yadav alias Rajesh Ranjan is currently imprisoned at Tihar jail in Delhi.
He was shifted to the high-security Tihar jail in February 2005 following a Supreme Court order to take him out of Patna after it was found that he was flouting jail regulations with impunity in the Beur jail where he was lodged. Tiwari is currently in Beur jail.
Pappu Yadav was arrested in March 2004 for his alleged involvement in the murder of Ajit Sarkar.
The Patna court also sentenced Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav to life term.
The hearing was completed in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge B M Srivastav in Patna last week.
Special Public Prosecutor Rakesh Kumar Sinha had represented prosecution while renowned lawyer Majid Memon appeared in defence of the accused.
During the trial, the CBI, which investigated the case, had produced altogether 61 witnesses while 27 witnesses were produced by the accused in their defence.
The final hearing was started last month as directed by the Patna High Court.
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While hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by a relative of Anil Yadav, an accused in the case, a division Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajesh Balia and Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad had issued the directive to lower court to complete the trial by the end of this month.
Sarkar, a legislator from Purnea, was shot dead by men allegedly acting on Pappu Yadav's orders on June 14, 1998.
Pappu Yadav alias Rajesh Ranjan is currently imprisoned at Tihar jail in Delhi.
He was shifted to the high-security Tihar jail in February 2005 following a Supreme Court order to take him out of Patna after it was found that he was flouting jail regulations with impunity in the Beur jail where he was lodged. Tiwari is currently in Beur jail.
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Pappu Yadav was arrested in March 2004 for his alleged involvement in the murder of Ajit Sarkar.
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