RJD MP Shahabuddin gets life sentence
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SIWAN: Controversial RJD MP from Siwan Mohammed Shahabuddin was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in a case of kidnapping a CPI-ML worker eight years ago.
Additional district and sessions judge Gyaneshwar Prasad Srivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Shahabuddin and gave him a month's time to go in appeal against the sentence.
The judge had on May 5 pronounced Shahabuddin guilty under section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) in the case relating to kidnapping of CPI-ML worker Chhote Lal Gupta on February 7, 1999.
Shahabuddin was the only one named in the FIR as others involved in the kidnapping were unidentified.
The prosecution could not establish that the victim was murdered as his body was never found. Shahabuddin's counsel Zulfikar Ali told reporters his client will move a superior court against the verdict "as early as possible" after going through the order.
The trial of the case was held inside Siwan jail for security reasons. Earlier on March 2, the RJD strongman was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a case of attack on CPI-ML office at Kurmabad in Siwan town on September 19, 1998 in which the party's office secretary Keshav Baitha was kidnapped and assaulted.
Shahabuddin has over 30 cases, including those of murder, attempt to murder, possession of illegal arms of foreign make, unaccounted foreign currency and violation of wildlife act pending against him.
Additional district and sessions judge Gyaneshwar Prasad Srivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Shahabuddin and gave him a month's time to go in appeal against the sentence.
The judge had on May 5 pronounced Shahabuddin guilty under section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) in the case relating to kidnapping of CPI-ML worker Chhote Lal Gupta on February 7, 1999.
Shahabuddin was the only one named in the FIR as others involved in the kidnapping were unidentified.
The prosecution could not establish that the victim was murdered as his body was never found. Shahabuddin's counsel Zulfikar Ali told reporters his client will move a superior court against the verdict "as early as possible" after going through the order.
The trial of the case was held inside Siwan jail for security reasons. Earlier on March 2, the RJD strongman was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a case of attack on CPI-ML office at Kurmabad in Siwan town on September 19, 1998 in which the party's office secretary Keshav Baitha was kidnapped and assaulted.
Shahabuddin has over 30 cases, including those of murder, attempt to murder, possession of illegal arms of foreign make, unaccounted foreign currency and violation of wildlife act pending against him.
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