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Ajit Sarkar murder case: Supreme Court asks CBI to arrest Pappu Yadav | The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest former MP and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav within four weeks in connection with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case. The apex
court expressed surprise over why Yadav had not been arrested after three months
of his bail being cancelled in connection with the case in May this year. A bench
of Justices Markandey Katju and A K Patnaik pronounced the verdict and said the
High Court's decision amounted to contempt of the apex court, which had clearly
restrained any court in the country from granting bail to Yadav. "It is a matter
of regret that despite clear order passed by this court in 2007 that no bail should
be granted by any court, the High Court has gone ahead and granted bail," the
bench observed while allowing an appeal filed by the CBI seeking cancellation
of the bail. The CBI had on March 26 approached the apex court challenging the
order of the Patna High Court that had granted bail to Yadav. The Patna High Court
had earlier on February 18, 2009 granted bail to the 43-year-old RJD leader undergoing
life imprisonment in the murder case. The Supreme Court said that it is general
rule that when the apex court rejects the bail, the High Courts or the subordinate
courts cannot in any manner grant bail to the accused or the convicts. Similarly,
when the High Court rejects a bail, the Sessions courts or the magistrates do
not have any power to grant bail, it said. But in the present case, the bench
regretted that the High Court granted bail to Yadav despite an injunction by the
apex court. Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval complained that the High
Court granted bail to the RJD leader without passing any reasoned order after
initially rejecting his two bail applications. A special CBI court in Patna had
earlier on February 14, 2008, awarded life imprisonment to Pappu Yadav. The court
also awarded life imprisonment to Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav in connection with
the case. Sarkar, who had a feud with Yadav over issues related to farm labourers,
was shot dead in Bihar's Purnea District on June 14, 1998. |
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