People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 21
May 26, 2013
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Vol. XXXVII
No. 21 May 26, 2013 |
Ajit
Sarkar
Murder: Appeal Acquittal
The
Polit Bureau of the
Communist Party of
THE
acquittal by the Patna
High Court of Pappu Yadav and his cohorts for the murder of
CPI(M) MLA and
leader, Ajit Sarkar, is a travesty of justice. The lower
court had found
incontrovertible evidence of his guilt and he was serving a
life sentence. On
several occasions the Supreme Court had refused him bail. In
the name of
“giving the accused the benefit of doubt,” the High Court
has acquitted him and
ordered his release.
The
Polit Bureau of the
CPI(M) demands that the CBI take this matter seriously. It
should expeditiously
appeal against this verdict in the Supreme Court. Justice
should not be denied
in this case.
