Two sentenced to life for murder of former JMM President, Nirmal Mahato

New Delhi, 14.07.2005

The Addl. Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Jamshedpur today awarded life imprisonment to Dhirender @ Pappu and Narender @ Pandit u/s 302/34 IPC and 27 Arms Act for the murder of Shri Nirmal Mahato, the then President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha at Jamshedpur in broad daylight on 8.8.87. In the incident, Sh. Suraj Mandal, then MLA of JMM was also injured. The case was first registered at PS Bistupur, Jamshedpur and was later entrusted to CBI.
After thorough investigation, CBI had filed chargesheet only against accused Birender Singh while two others Dhirender Singh @ Pappu and Narender Singh @ Pandit were shown as absconders. After trial, accused Birender Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment in February, 2001. Later, in the year 2000 and 2002, the absconding accused were arrested and brought to trial. The Addl. Sessions Judge found the remaining two accused guilty of murder on 6.7.2005 and convicted them.