Supreme Court has issued a notice to controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav on Friday on a CBI plea challenging his acquittal in Ajit Sarkar murder case.
He was acquitted by the Patna High Court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for lack of evidence on May 17. Yadav, who was lodged in Beur jail, was received by his former MP wife Ranjeeta Ranjan and a large number of his supporters outside the jail.
A division bench comprising of justices VN Singh and KK Lal had set aside the February 2008 conviction of Yadav and two other accused - Rajan Tiwari and Anil Kumar Yadav - by a lower court and acquitted them of all charges in connection with killing of Sarkar nearly 15 years ago. The court also directed the authorities to release Yadav from jail forthwith if he was not wanted in any other case.
Sarkar, a former CPI(M) legislator, was shot dead by unidentified persons in Purnia district on June 14, 1998.
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