The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Afsar Alam alias Chhotu alias Langra and Shobhraj Mahato, accused in the murder of late Ranchi Civil Court advocate Manoj Jha. Langra had filed a bail petition in the High Court through his lawyer. On which the hearing was held in the court of High Court judge Justice Rajesh Kumar. After hearing the arguments from both sides, the court rejected Langra's petition.
In the year 2021, Ranchi Civil Court lawyer Manoj Jha was shot dead in Tamar. Many people are accused in this murder case. All the accused are currently in judicial custody. High Court advocate Hemant Shikarwar argued on behalf of the family members of late advocate Manoj Jha. Advocate Hemant Shikarwar is not charging any fees for the debate in this case.
Jha was killed in 2021 followed by Ranchi police arresting five criminals along with weapons used in the murder.
The arrested accused were identified as Sonu Ansari, Imdad Ansari and Rizwan Ansari, who are natives under Tamar police station of Ranchi, whereas other two arrested accused Sanjit Majhi and Shakil Ansari are the natives of Saraikela-Kharsawan district and Purulia of West Bengal respectively. They have been arrested from Baghmundi locality of West Bengal.
According to police Afsar Alam alias Langda alias Chotu, a local land mafia mastermind of the crime and raids are going on to arrest him.
Criminals shot dead the lawyer at Rargaon under Tamar police station where he was supervising construction works of St Xavier’s College.
The college administration had purchased 14 acres of land for construction of the college building. A local land mafia and criminal Afsar Alam alias Langda alias Chotu was trying to grab college land. The College administration had approached the court for a peaceful and legal occupation of the land after the accused tried to create a legal dispute on the land. The court had ruled in the favour of the college.
Deceased lawyer was supervising construction of the building And boundary wall of the college. Afsar Alam is the main accused of the case as a conspiracy with other criminals to eliminate the lawyer to grab college land.
Hearing on Kanke MLA disqualification case
A partial hearing was held in the High Court on Wednesday on the election petition of Suresh Baitha, who was a candidate on Congress ticket from Kanke assembly seat in the 2019 assembly elections. During the hearing, the court was told on behalf of the applicant Suresh Baitha that a person gets the benefit of reservation only in the state in which he is born, objection was raised at the time of nomination of Samari Lal and no witness testified on his behalf. The statement did not support the fact that they were residents here. Now the court will hear this matter on Thursday. High Court advocates Vibhas Sinha and Avinash Akhauri presented their case before the court on behalf of petitioner Suresh Baitha. Advocates Kumar Harsh and Suraj Kishore Prasad presented their side on behalf of Samari Lal.
In the 2019 assembly elections, Congress Party candidate Suresh Baitha and BJP candidate Samri Lal contested from the reserved seat of Kanke Assembly. After counting of votes, BJP candidate Samri Lal was declared elected. After which Suresh Baitha filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court demanding cancellation of Samri Lal's election. The basis behind this he has given is that the caste certificate given by Samri Lal during the elections is wrong. However, Samri Lal has got relief from the High Court in the matter of caste certificate.