The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on September 19 a plea for cancelling the bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by the Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar.
A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar accepted the petition for urgent hearing as advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the plea on behalf of Chandrakeshwar Prasad alias Chanda Babu of Siwan, whose three sons were murdered at the behest of the controversial politician.
A few hours after the development, the Bihar government also approached the apex court with its appeal against the September 7 high court order, saying the state was not properly heard and the history-sheeter granted relief keeping all previous concerns of the court about security and safety of witnesses at bay.
Prasad, in his petition, said that Shahabuddin, a four- time MP from Siwan, has been apparently booked in at least 58 criminal cases, of which in at least eight, he has been convicted and awarded life sentence in two of them. Till November, 2014, at least 27 trials before magistrates and 11 trials before sessions courts were pending against him, he stated.
The high court order "suffers from total non-application of mind" as it had "completely lost sight of the facts that Respondent No 2 (Shahabuddin) is a dreaded criminal, who has absolutely no regard for the law, and granting bail to him would let him come out of the jail as a free man even though he is still facing trial in many of the cases lodged against him,"his plea contended.
It said the bail was granted in the case of murder of Rajiv Roshan in 2004, lodged against him and others, including his still absconding son Osama.
Notably, Asha Ranjan, wife of journalist Rajdev Ranjan, killed in Siwan May 13 this year, at the behest of Shahabuddin, also approached the apex court seeking transfer of the trial.
Separately, the Bihar government said the high court ignored the crucial aspect brought by it earlier that key witnesses did not turn up to depose in these cases due to fear and the clout wielded by the dreaded gangster, who before pronouncement of judgement in the murder case of Prasad's two sons, conspired from the jail to eliminate his third son, Rajiv Roshan, the prime witness in the case.
The state government contended that the high court overlooked the apex court judgement.
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on September 19 a plea for cancelling the bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by the Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar.
A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar accepted the petition for urgent hearing as advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the plea on behalf of Chandrakeshwar Prasad alias Chanda Babu of Siwan, whose three sons were murdered at the behest of the controversial politician.
A few hours after the development, the Bihar government also approached the apex court with its appeal against the September 7 high court order, saying the state was not properly heard and the history-sheeter granted relief keeping all previous concerns of the court about security and safety of witnesses at bay.
Prasad, in his petition, said that Shahabuddin, a four- time MP from Siwan, has been apparently booked in at least 58 criminal cases, of which in at least eight, he has been convicted and awarded life sentence in two of them. Till November, 2014, at least 27 trials before magistrates and 11 trials before sessions courts were pending against him, he stated.
The high court order "suffers from total non-application of mind” as it had "completely lost sight of the facts that Respondent No 2 (Shahabuddin) is a dreaded criminal, who has absolutely no regard for the law, and granting bail to him would let him come out of the jail as a free man even though he is still facing trial in many of the cases lodged against him,”his plea contended.
It said the bail was granted in the case of murder of Rajiv Roshan in 2004, lodged against him and others, including his still absconding son Osama.
Notably, Asha Ranjan, wife of journalist Rajdev Ranjan, killed in Siwan May 13 this year, at the behest of Shahabuddin, also approached the apex court seeking transfer of the trial.
Separately, the Bihar government said the high court ignored the crucial aspect brought by it earlier that key witnesses did not turn up to depose in these cases due to fear and the clout wielded by the dreaded gangster, who before pronouncement of judgement in the murder case of Prasad’s two sons, conspired from the jail to eliminate his third son, Rajiv Roshan, the prime witness in the case.
The state government contended that the high court overlooked the apex court judgement.
A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar accepted the petition for urgent hearing as advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the plea on behalf of Chandrakeshwar Prasad alias Chanda Babu of Siwan, whose three sons were murdered at the behest of the controversial politician.
A few hours after the development, the Bihar government also approached the apex court with its appeal against the September 7 high court order, saying the state was not properly heard and the history-sheeter granted relief keeping all previous concerns of the court about security and safety of witnesses at bay.
Prasad, in his petition, said that Shahabuddin, a four- time MP from Siwan, has been apparently booked in at least 58 criminal cases, of which in at least eight, he has been convicted and awarded life sentence in two of them. Till November, 2014, at least 27 trials before magistrates and 11 trials before sessions courts were pending against him, he stated.
The high court order "suffers from total non-application of mind" as it had "completely lost sight of the facts that Respondent No 2 (Shahabuddin) is a dreaded criminal, who has absolutely no regard for the law, and granting bail to him would let him come out of the jail as a free man even though he is still facing trial in many of the cases lodged against him,"his plea contended.
It said the bail was granted in the case of murder of Rajiv Roshan in 2004, lodged against him and others, including his still absconding son Osama.
Notably, Asha Ranjan, wife of journalist Rajdev Ranjan, killed in Siwan May 13 this year, at the behest of Shahabuddin, also approached the apex court seeking transfer of the trial.
Separately, the Bihar government said the high court ignored the crucial aspect brought by it earlier that key witnesses did not turn up to depose in these cases due to fear and the clout wielded by the dreaded gangster, who before pronouncement of judgement in the murder case of Prasad's two sons, conspired from the jail to eliminate his third son, Rajiv Roshan, the prime witness in the case.
The state government contended that the high court overlooked the apex court judgement.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on September 19 a plea for cancelling the bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by the Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar.A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar accepted the petition for urgent hearing as advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the plea on behalf of Chandrakeshwar Prasad alias Chanda Babu of Siwan, whose three sons were murdered at the behest of the controversial politician.
A few hours after the development, the Bihar government also approached the apex court with its appeal against the September 7 high court order, saying the state was not properly heard and the history-sheeter granted relief keeping all previous concerns of the court about security and safety of witnesses at bay.
Prasad, in his petition, said that Shahabuddin, a four- time MP from Siwan, has been apparently booked in at least 58 criminal cases, of which in at least eight, he has been convicted and awarded life sentence in two of them. Till November, 2014, at least 27 trials before magistrates and 11 trials before sessions courts were pending against him, he stated.
The high court order "suffers from total non-application of mind” as it had "completely lost sight of the facts that Respondent No 2 (Shahabuddin) is a dreaded criminal, who has absolutely no regard for the law, and granting bail to him would let him come out of the jail as a free man even though he is still facing trial in many of the cases lodged against him,”his plea contended.
It said the bail was granted in the case of murder of Rajiv Roshan in 2004, lodged against him and others, including his still absconding son Osama.
Notably, Asha Ranjan, wife of journalist Rajdev Ranjan, killed in Siwan May 13 this year, at the behest of Shahabuddin, also approached the apex court seeking transfer of the trial.
Separately, the Bihar government said the high court ignored the crucial aspect brought by it earlier that key witnesses did not turn up to depose in these cases due to fear and the clout wielded by the dreaded gangster, who before pronouncement of judgement in the murder case of Prasad’s two sons, conspired from the jail to eliminate his third son, Rajiv Roshan, the prime witness in the case.
The state government contended that the high court overlooked the apex court judgement.