Verdict likely today in 1975 LN Mishra murder case

November 10, 2014 09:49

A Delhi court is likely to pronounce judgement related to the murder of former Railway minister LN Mishra, who was killed while attending a function around 40 years ago, on Monday.

The court had reserved the verdict for November 10 after the final arguments of the counsel for CBI and the four accused.

The case relates to the bomb blast at the function attended by Mishra at Samastipur Railway Station on January 2, 1975. He succumbed to his injuries the next day.

Over 200 witnesses, including 161 prosecution witnesses and more than 40 defence witnesses, were examined in the case.

Advocate Ranjan Dwivedi, who was 24-year-old at that time, was named as an accused along with four Ananda Marga group members, one of whom has died.

Apart from Dwivedi, three other accused in the case are Santoshananda Avadhuta, Sudevananda Avadhuta and Gopalji.

The accused had earlier approached the Supreme Court for quashing of the trial against them in the murder case.

The apex court had on August 17, 2012 dismissed their pleas on the ground that the proceedings could not be quashed merely because they had not been concluded in the last 37 years.

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