<p>The High Court had granted bail to Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, undergoing life imprisonment in the murder case, on February 18 last year.<br /><br />Challenging the High Court's order, the investigating agency pleaded before a bench, comprising Justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly, that the bail order be quashed.<br />The bench, however, refused to pass any order as Justice Ganguly recused himself from hearing the case.<br /><br />The Patna High Court had granted bail to the former RJD Lok Sabha member from Madhepura who was undergoing the prison for the murder of CPI-M MLA Sarkar over a decade ago.<br /><br />Special CBI judge B M Srivastava had on February 14, 2008, pronounced Yadav, former independent MLA Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav guilty and awarded them life terms.<br />Sarkar, a firebrand CPI-M MLA, who had a running feud with Pappu Yadav over issues relating to farm labourers, along with his driver Harendra Sharma and party worker Ashfaqur Rehman, were gunned down at Subhas Nagar in Purnea town on June 14, 1998.<br /><br />Yadav was convicted under sections 302 (murder) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC for plotting the murder of Sarkar which was executed by Rajan Tiwari and others. <br />The case was taken up by the CBI following a recommendation of the Bihar government.<br />The CBI had chargesheeted Yadav, Rajan Tiwari, Anil Yadav, Harish Chaudhary and Amar Yadav on May 10, 1999.<br /><br />Yadav was arrested on May 24 the same year, while three others Anil Yadav, Harish Chaudhary and Amar Yadav absconded.The trial in the case began on August 2, 2002 and concluded on February four, last year. A total of 61 witnesses were presented by the prosecution 23 of whom turned hostile. 27 deposed for the defence.</p>
<p>The High Court had granted bail to Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, undergoing life imprisonment in the murder case, on February 18 last year.<br /><br />Challenging the High Court's order, the investigating agency pleaded before a bench, comprising Justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly, that the bail order be quashed.<br />The bench, however, refused to pass any order as Justice Ganguly recused himself from hearing the case.<br /><br />The Patna High Court had granted bail to the former RJD Lok Sabha member from Madhepura who was undergoing the prison for the murder of CPI-M MLA Sarkar over a decade ago.<br /><br />Special CBI judge B M Srivastava had on February 14, 2008, pronounced Yadav, former independent MLA Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav guilty and awarded them life terms.<br />Sarkar, a firebrand CPI-M MLA, who had a running feud with Pappu Yadav over issues relating to farm labourers, along with his driver Harendra Sharma and party worker Ashfaqur Rehman, were gunned down at Subhas Nagar in Purnea town on June 14, 1998.<br /><br />Yadav was convicted under sections 302 (murder) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC for plotting the murder of Sarkar which was executed by Rajan Tiwari and others. <br />The case was taken up by the CBI following a recommendation of the Bihar government.<br />The CBI had chargesheeted Yadav, Rajan Tiwari, Anil Yadav, Harish Chaudhary and Amar Yadav on May 10, 1999.<br /><br />Yadav was arrested on May 24 the same year, while three others Anil Yadav, Harish Chaudhary and Amar Yadav absconded.The trial in the case began on August 2, 2002 and concluded on February four, last year. A total of 61 witnesses were presented by the prosecution 23 of whom turned hostile. 27 deposed for the defence.</p>