New Delhi, Supreme Court has upheld the decision of Patna High Court to acquit 6 people including former MP Suraj Bhan in the murder case of former Bihar government minister Brij Bihari Prasad. At the same time, the apex court has sentenced two convicts including Munna Shukla to life imprisonment. The court has asked both of them to surrender within 15 days. Patna High Court had acquitted 8 people including former MP Suraj Bhan Singh, former MLA Munna Shukla in this case. This order of the High Court was challenged in the Supreme Court by Brij Bihari Prasad's wife Rama Devi and CBI.
Surrender within 15 days

This decision was given by a bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice R Mahadevan in the Supreme Court. The court has sentenced Munna Shukrla and Mantu Tiwari to life imprisonment and asked them to surrender within 15 days. High Court had acquitted them due to lack of evidence
In the murder case of Science and Technology Minister in Bihar Government, Brij Bihari Prasad, Patna High Court had acquitted all the 8 accused Munna Shukla, Suraj Bhan, Rajan Tiwari in 2014 due to lack of evidence. This decision of Patna High Court was challenged in the Supreme Court by Brij Bihari Prasad's wife Rama Devi and CBI. Hearing on their appeal in the Supreme Court was completed on 22nd August and the court had reserved the decision and pronounced the verdict today.
The Supreme Court bench said that the charges against Mantu Tiwari and Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla have been proved under Section 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

The High Court had said on 24 July 2014 that after considering the evidence of the prosecution, Suraj Bhan Singh alias Suraj Singh, Mukesh Singh, Lallan Singh, Mantu Tiwari, Captain Sunil Singh, Ram Niranjan Chaudhary, Shashi Kumar Rai, Munna Shukla and Rajan Tiwari are entitled to get the benefit of doubt. It rejected the order of the subordinate court dated 12 August 2009, in which they were convicted and all the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment.
How was the murder done?
On 13 June 1998, Brij Bihari Prasad was murdered in the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital Patna. At that time, Brij Bihari Prasad was undergoing treatment in this hospital amid tight security. UP don Shriprakash Shukla killed Brij Bihari Prasad by firing bullets from AK-47. After this murder, Brij Bihari Prasad's wife Rama Devi had made serious allegations against the Lalu family.