<p>Munna Singh, a resident of Bihar's Buxar, faced trial for 43 years before he was finally acquitted on October 11, 2022 due to lack of witnesses.</p>.<p>Singh was booked on September 7, 1979 <em>in a case of physical assault and firing</em>, along with 9 others under IPC sections 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon) and 307 (attempt to murder), according to a <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/declared-minor-after-33-yrs-of-trial-buxar-farmer-acquitted-10-years-later-8212890/" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>The Indian Express. </em></p>.<p>According to IANS, the matter goes back to 1979 when a group of people were allegedly involved in assault and attempt to murder of a local trader of Chaugai village under Murar police station. The trader had named 10-year-old Munna Singh in his FIR.</p>.<p>Singh’s lawyer Rakesh Kumar Mishra said his client was a Class 8 student when he was booked but not treated as a minor in the case till 2012 because of “tardy” investigation and “oversight”.<br /> <br />“The juvenile board examined the case thoroughly. As there was no witness against Munna Singh, he was acquitted of the charges,” said A K Pandey, the juvenile justice board assistant prosecuting officer in Buxar.<br /> <br />Munna Singh said he spent about a month in jail but suffered a lot of mental torture during the case. He also said that for him " justice delayed was justice denied."</p>
<p>Munna Singh, a resident of Bihar's Buxar, faced trial for 43 years before he was finally acquitted on October 11, 2022 due to lack of witnesses.</p>.<p>Singh was booked on September 7, 1979 <em>in a case of physical assault and firing</em>, along with 9 others under IPC sections 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon) and 307 (attempt to murder), according to a <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/declared-minor-after-33-yrs-of-trial-buxar-farmer-acquitted-10-years-later-8212890/" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>The Indian Express. </em></p>.<p>According to IANS, the matter goes back to 1979 when a group of people were allegedly involved in assault and attempt to murder of a local trader of Chaugai village under Murar police station. The trader had named 10-year-old Munna Singh in his FIR.</p>.<p>Singh’s lawyer Rakesh Kumar Mishra said his client was a Class 8 student when he was booked but not treated as a minor in the case till 2012 because of “tardy” investigation and “oversight”.<br /> <br />“The juvenile board examined the case thoroughly. As there was no witness against Munna Singh, he was acquitted of the charges,” said A K Pandey, the juvenile justice board assistant prosecuting officer in Buxar.<br /> <br />Munna Singh said he spent about a month in jail but suffered a lot of mental torture during the case. He also said that for him " justice delayed was justice denied."</p>
