21 Feb, 2007 0003hrs
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday spelled trouble for Union minister Mohammad Taslimuddin as it allowed the Bihar government to reverse its earlier decision to withdraw the attempt to murder case against him and move the trial court to continue his prosecution. Taslimuddin, already in the opposition’s radar over inclusion of ‘tainted’ ministers in Manomhan Singh’s government, had got a major relief when the then Rabri Devi government decided on August 14, 2004 to withdraw the attempt to murder and Arms Act case against the RJD leader pending in an Araria court. This decision was challenged in the apex court by NGO ‘Delhi Study Group’. During the pendency of the petition, the Nitish Kumar government reversed the 2004 decision and told the court in February 2006 that it wanted to continue with the case against Taslimuddin. When the matter came up for hearing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices R V Raveendran and D K Jain, Bihar counsel Gopal Singh informed the Bench about the intention of the Bihar government to continue prosecution of Taslimuddin. The Bench disposed of the petition saying the trial court will deal with the case appropriately in view of the changed stand of the Bihar government not to withdraw the case. The RJD government in the state had in its affidavit stated that the decision to withdraw the case was taken as the prosecution had not even prima facie been able to prove the case.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday spelled trouble for Union minister Mohammad Taslimuddin as it allowed the Bihar government to reverse its earlier decision to withdraw the attempt to murder case against him and move the trial court to continue his prosecution. Taslimuddin, already in the opposition’s radar over inclusion of ‘tainted’ ministers in Manomhan Singh’s government, had got a major relief when the then Rabri Devi government decided on August 14, 2004 to withdraw the attempt to murder and Arms Act case against the RJD leader pending in an Araria court. This decision was challenged in the apex court by NGO ‘Delhi Study Group’. During the pendency of the petition, the Nitish Kumar government reversed the 2004 decision and told the court in February 2006 that it wanted to continue with the case against Taslimuddin. When the matter came up for hearing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices R V Raveendran and D K Jain, Bihar counsel Gopal Singh informed the Bench about the intention of the Bihar government to continue prosecution of Taslimuddin. The Bench disposed of the petition saying the trial court will deal with the case appropriately in view of the changed stand of the Bihar government not to withdraw the case. The RJD government in the state had in its affidavit stated that the decision to withdraw the case was taken as the prosecution had not even prima facie been able to prove the case.
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