The Patna High Court on Wednesday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin by a Bihar district court for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering them 13 years ago, a lawyer said. The High Court also rejected Shahabuddin’s plea challenging the sentence awarded by the Siwan District Court on …
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August 30, 2017The Patna High Court on Wednesday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin by a Bihar district court for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering them 13 years ago, a lawyer said. The High Court also rejected Shahabuddin’s plea challenging the sentence awarded by the Siwan District Court on …
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August 30, 2017RJD leader Mohammed Shahabuddin, an accused in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case, has refused to undergo a lie-detector test, and is not cooperating in the probe, CBI sources said on Friday. Shahabuddin, a four-time former MP from Bihar's Siwan parliamentary constituency, was "lying and concealing" facts related to the case, they said. The agency will …
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June 2, 2017RJD leader Mohammed Shahabuddin, an accused in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case, has refused to undergo a lie-detector test, and is not cooperating in the probe, CBI sources said on Friday. Shahabuddin, a four-time former MP from Bihar's Siwan parliamentary constituency, was "lying and concealing" facts related to the case, they said. The agency will …
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June 2, 2017A Special Court here on Friday named former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin — currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Central Jail — the 10th accused in the murder of Bihar journalist Rajdeo Ranjan last year. CBI lawyer Sharad Sinha told the media here that the agency, which probed the case, will file a charge sheet against …
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May 26, 2017The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a plea for transferring Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan district jail to Tihar Central Jail and his trial in Delhi, the apex court said on Monday. The Supreme Court will also hear a plea for the handing over the cases of the RJD strongman to the Central Bureau of …
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November 28, 2016The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on Wednesday a petition by the Bihar government challenging the grant of bail to RJD strongman and former Siwan MLA Mohammad Shahabuddin in a murder case by the Patna High Court. As the defence counsel sought a week’s time alleging that Shahabuddin has become a …
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September 26, 2016In fresh trouble for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mohd Shahabuddin, the mother of three youths who were brutally killed by henchmen of the controversial politician has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the case in which he has already been sentenced to life. The woman, whose two sons …
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September 25, 2016The Supreme Court on Friday directed CBI to proceed with the investigation in slain journalist Rajdev Ranjan’s murder case and directed the Bihar police to provide protection to his family. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also issued notices and sought response from RJD leader Shahabuddin, Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav, the son …
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September 23, 2016Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani is set to represent criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in the Supreme Court on September 26 after the apex court on Monday issued notice to former RJD MP on a plea challenging grant of bail to him in a murder case. "Jethmalani has accepted Shahabuddin’s request to appear in the Supreme Court on …
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September 22, 2016Mohammad Kaif, the alleged sharpshooter of controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, surrendered in a district court here on Wednesday after evading arrest in the case of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s murder. Kaif alias Bunty gave himself up before Chief Judicial Magistrate Arvind Kumar Singh and was sent to jail, Superintendent of Police Saurav Kumar Sah said. …
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September 21, 2016The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin on a plea challenging the bail granted to him by the Patna High Court in a murder case. The apex court, however, did not grant any interim stay on operation of Patna High Court’s bail order and said "We intend to give him …
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September 19, 2016The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of the bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician would misuse his liberty to derail the trial in the murder of his son. Chandrakeshwar Prasad alleged that his own life was in danger …
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September 16, 2016The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday held protest demonstrations in Siwan, the home district and stronghold of Mohammad Shahabuddin, against the release of the former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Bhagalpur jail last week after spending 11 years behind bars. "We are now holding a ‘mahadharna’ (mega protest rallly) in Siwan to …
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September 16, 2016A self-styled Deputy Commander in Chief of the National Socialist Council of Adivasi (NSCA) and a hardcore NDFB(S) militant have been arrested by security forces in two different incidents in Assam on Thursday. Acting on specific information, the police and troops of the Red Horns Division carried out operations in Hatoka area of East Karbi …
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September 15, 2016With Bihar’s law and order situation being hotly debated in the wake of gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin being released on bail, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said law "never fails" due to incidents of crime and appropriate action is taken against criminals. "Does law fails due to incidents of crime? Law never fails. Actions are …
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September 15, 2016With Bihar’s law and order situation being hotly debated in the wake of gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin being released on bail, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said law "never fails" due to incidents of crime and appropriate action is taken against criminals. "Does law fails due to incidents of crime? Law never fails. Actions are …
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