The court of ADJ (IX), Surendra Sharma of Hazaribagh civil court, today gave its final order in the 22-year-old murder case of Janta Dal MlA from Masrakh Ashok Singh at his Gardanibag Patna residence.
Five days ago the court had found ex-MP of RJD Prabhunath Singh and his two relatives guilty in this murder case. The court awarded life term to all three accused, and also imposed a fine of Rs40,000 on them. If they do not pay the fine their imprisonment will be extended for another six months.
large number of supporters of Prabhunath Singh were present on the court premises The proceeding was completed through video conferencing and Prabhunath Singh stayed inside the conferencing room of Hazaribagh central jail.
At 11.30 am through video conferencing ADJ (IX) narrated the judgment before the accused ex-MP Prabhunath Singh, his brother Dina Nath Singh and Nephew Ritesh Singh.
The news soon came out from the jail premises and court premises where the supporters of both parties involved in this case were present.Talking with media persons Chandani Singh the widow of late Ashok Singh said, “After 22 years I have got justice but it is partial as I was expecting death sentence to the culprits. My fight will continue in higher courts also and I am sure that finally the culprits will be hanged.”
Elder brother of late Ashok Singh, Tarkeshwar Singh said that finally criminals had been punished.
On the other hand Kedar Singh, the brother of Prabhunath Singh said that they have full faith in the judiciary of this country.
“We will move to higher court and our family is sure that all three persons of our family will come out from behind the bars because they are innocent.”