In an old case, of the Arms Act, principal district and sessions judge acquitted chairman of the Jharkhand State Congress Minority Department, Hidayatullah Khan, JMM leader Raju Giri along with 13 others who were convicted in the case.
It may be noted that about 18 months ago Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), AK Rai announced the verdict and convicted all the 13 people. The same was challenged by Hidayatullah Khan, in court of principal district and sessions judge, which was accepted him and Hidayatullah Khan and Raju Giri were acquitted.
Based on the statement of police station in-charge in 1992, RN Sharma, a case under was registered under the Arms Act at Jugsalai police station where arms were recovered from Hidayatullah Khan during police search and a case was registered against Raju Giri along with 13 others.