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Delhi HC acquits Soren in Jha murder case
22 Aug 2007, 1519 hrs IST,PTI

 
Delhi HC acquitted Shibu Soren in the murder case of his private 
secretary Shashinath Jha. ( AP Photo)
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Union 
Minister Shibu Soren in connection with the murder of his private 
secretary Shashinath Jha in 1994 after slamming the CBI for failing 
"miserably" in getting evidence against the tribal leader.

Setting aside the trial court order, which had sentenced Soren and 
four others to life term, a bench of Justice R S Sodhi and H R 
Malhotra said the CBI had "miserably failed" to prove the case.

"We set aside the order of the trial court," the bench said observing 
that that CBI was not able to prove that the body exhumed was that of 
Jha.

The bench also held that "the trial court order is far from convincing".

The 62-year-old tribal leader from Jharkhand, who had to quit as 
Union Coal Minister following his conviction on November 28 last, is 
at present lodged at Jamtara prison in Jharkhand in connection with 
Chirudih massacre case.

The court also acquitted four others-- Nand Kishore Mehta, Shailendra 
Bhattacharya, Pashupati Nath Mehta and Ajay Kumar Mehta-- of all the 
charges on the same grounds.