Judicial custody of Shramjeevi blast accused extended till Jan 9
Jaunpur, Jan 4 (UNI) The court today extended the judicial custody of the Patna-New Delhi Shramjeevi Express bomb blast accused till January nine, the next date of hearing.
The blast on July 28, 2005 near the Singramau railway station here had killed 14 passengers and wounded 90 others.
The accused Obaid-ur-Rehman, Hilal-ud-din and Nafikul were produced before district and sessions judge (III) Rajendra Chandra under tight security. However. the witnesses Sudhir Ravidas and Dhyanu Yadav turned hostile.
Meanwhile, the court has summoned witness Sanjiv Yadav for recording his statement on the next date of hearing.
There are 48 witnesses in the case. So far, the statement of 11 witnesses had been recorded. The last hearing of the case was held on December 21.
On July 24, the court had fixed charges under CrPC sections 148, 307, 302 and 120 B, Explosive Substance Act section 3/4, Railway Act section 150, 151 and Foreigners Act section 14 in the case.
Two other accused Mohd Sharif alias Sirajuddin of Bangladesh and Mohd Roni are absconding, while Dr Sayeed was yet to be traced.
Another accused Ghulam Rajdani alias Pahiya was eliminated in a police encounter.
In May, 2006 -- Hilal-ud-din and Nafikul were brought from Cherallapalli Central Jail, Andhra Pradesh under a warrant, while Obaid-ur-Rehman, a Bangladeshi, was brought here from Murshidabad, West Bengal.
UNI