Verdict on Ajit Sarkar Murder Case on Feb. 14
Patna: February 4, 2008
A special CBI Court in Patna on Monday, after hearing the closing arguments from both defense and prosecution teams, set February 14 as the date for announcing the verdict in the decade-old Ajit Sarkar murder case in which the then Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Pappu Yadav, former legislator Rajan Tiwari, and Anil Yadav remain the key accused.
While Tiwari and Yadav, who currently make Patna's Beur Jail their homes, were present during the hearing, Pappu Yadav, who remains incarcerated at Delhi's Tihar Jail, could not make his virtual appearance due to technical snag in the video-conferencing equipment.
During the hearing in the court of special CBI judge Virendra Mohan Srivastava, Mumbai's prominent advocate Majid Menon presented the classic argument saying his client, Pappu Yadav, was innocent and was falsely implicated in the case.
The defense represented by the CBI advocate Rakesh Kumar, however, said that based on the witnesses accounts, it was an open and shut case against Yadav and the other two key accused.
The case relates to the gunning down of Communist Party of India – Marxist leader Ajit Kumar and two others on June 14, 1998 in Purnia.
The court also ordered the Tihar Jail Superintendent to produce Pappu Yadav in Patna court on February 14.
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