SC to hear plea to cancel bail to former RJD MP Shahabuddin today

Supreme Court will hear today a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to convicted RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin by Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a journalist in Siwan town of Bihar. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar accepted the plea for urgent hearing after it was mentioned by advocate Prashant Bhushan, on behalf of Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were murdered allegedly at the behest of the controversial politician. 

In his petition, Mr Prasad said, Shahabuddin has been



booked in at least 58 criminal cases, out of which he has been convicted in 8 cases. The petition said, Sahabuddin has been given bail despite the fact he has been awarded life term in two cases. Bihar government has also moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of Sahabuddin's bail saying the state was not properly heard by Patna High Court while granting him the bail. Bihar government's petition also said that the bail granted to the history-sheeter will jeopardise the safety and security of witnesses in other cases against Sahabuddin.