The Supreme Court will be hearing Mohammad Shahabuddin's bail plea in the Rajiv Roshan murder case.
The Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its order on the Bihar government's plea challenging the bail granted to criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in Rajiv Roshan murder case.
The ruling by a bench of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Amitava Roy came at the conclusion of arguments in which Mr Shahabuddin's counsel told the court that though cognizance of the case was taken on February 25, 2015, he had not been served the chargesheet till date - a mandatory requirement under the criminal law.
Mr Shahabuddin counsel today told the court that Bihar government was delaying the trial.
Senior counsel Shekhar Naphade told the court that shifting Mr Shahabuddin from Siwan to Bhagalpur Central Jail was also part of the delay.
"It is a conscious attempt on their (Bihar government) part that trial should not proceed. The moment the trial starts it will not stand as there is no evidence of alleged conspiracy against me," Mr Naphade told the court.
Countering this, the Bihar government said that Mr Shahabuddin had challenged the order taking cognizance of the chargesheet and it is unthinkable that he could have done it without having a copy.