Manjunath murder case judgement on Mar 23

Lakhimpur Kheri, Mar 9 (UNI) The district court will pronounce judgement on March 23 in the sensational Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) marketing official V Manjunath murder case.

There are a total of eight accused in the case.

Meanwhile, the counsels today cited precedents in the case.

Manjunath's bullet-riddled body was found in the nearby Sitapur district on November 19, 2005. A car was also recovered in the case.

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) alumni was an upright government servant and had taken a tough stand regarding adulteration of fuel by some petrol outlets.

A petrol pump owner Monu Mittal is the prime accused in the crime and is presently in jail. In the course of hearing, several of the witnesses had turned hostile.

UNI