Petition challenging Keshari murder chargesheet rejected

A CBI court rejected a petition challenging the chargesheet filed by the country`s premier investigative agency under section 304 of the IPC against BJP MLA Raj Kishore Keshari murder case prime accused Rupam Pathak.

Patna: A CBI court on Monday rejected a petition
challenging the chargesheet filed by the country`s premier
investigative agency under section 304 of the IPC against BJP
MLA Raj Kishore Keshari murder case prime accused Rupam
Pathak.

The Special Judicial Magistrate, Krishna Kumar rejected
the petition of Sudeep Keshari, nephew of the slain BJP
leader, saying that the CBI chargesheet had merit.
Keshari had challenged the CBI chargesheet filed under
section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the
IPC and said that she should have been charged under section
302 (murder) of the IPC as it was a case of murder.
The BJP MLA was stabbed to death allegedly by Rupam Pathak
at his residence in Purnia district on January four this year.

PTI

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