Bihar Advocates Boycott Court to Protest against APP's Murder
Patna: January 9, 2008
 More than 80,000 lawyers across the state on Wednesday refrained from attending court in protest against the recent killing of Jehanabad Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Deendayal Yadav after a call to stay away from work was given by the Bihar State Bar Council.
In Patna, the High Court and the Civil Court bore a deserted look as senior advocate and the Council president Rajendra Prasad Singh called the agitation a huge success saying the legal community would not remain quiet on issues affecting them.
 The Council, while demanding a monetary compensation of Rs. 10 lakh for Yadav's family, said the killing of Jehanabad APP on December 25 and the November 8 murder of Begusarai APP Ram Naresh Sharma has exposed the Nitish government's claim of improved law and order situation in the state.
The three associations of lawyers at Patna High Court threatened to intensify their stir if the government failed to catch Yadav's killers.
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