"My supporters will teach (Nitish Kumar) a lesson in the next polls," RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin said before returning to Siwan jail, ANI reported.
The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the bail of controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin. The apex court had ordered that either the gangster-turned-politician should surrender or Bihar Police should take him in custody "forthwith".
In response, Shahabuddin said he will comply with the Supreme Court’s orders and surrender. He added that his bail was cancelled because of public pressure.
A Bench comprising Justice PC Ghose and Amitava Roy directed the state government and the lower court to ensure that the trial in the Rajiv Roshan murder case is concluded "expeditiously as contemplated under the law".
Meanwhile, the court issued notice to Shahabuddin and the Bihar government on another plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in a murder case of two brothers of Roshan.
The Bihar government, which drew flak from the court since the beginning of the hearing on appeals, was again questioned on Thursday for not providing a copy of the chargesheet to him for 17 months in Roshan’s murder case.
Roshan, the eyewitness to the gruesome killings of two of his younger siblings, was also killed a few days before his proposed testimony in the murder case of his brothers.
Roshan’s family’s lawyer Prashant Bhushan had vehemently opposed the contention of Shahabuddin that he was not provided the case records, including chargesheet for 17 months after it was filed in the trial court.
"It is a cock-and-bull story, which has been told in the Supreme Court for first time, that too orally without any affidavit," Bhushan said, adding that Shahabuddin had challenged the trial court order taking cognisance of the offence in the sessions court.
There was not "even a whisper" that Shahabuddin was not supplied with the copy of the chargesheet, he said.
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