{"id":52022,"date":"2018-03-22T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52022"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:32:05","slug":"supreme-court-closes-proceedings-tej-pratap-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-closes-proceedings-tej-pratap-murder-case","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0The Supreme Court  closes proceedings against Tej Pratap in murder case."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"52033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-closes-proceedings-tej-pratap-murder-case\/tej-pratap-in-murder-case\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tej Pratap in murder case\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Tej-Pratap-in-murder-case.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against former Bihar minister Tej Pratap, son of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, in the murder case of a Siwan-based journalist.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had asked the CBI to investigate allegations relating to media reports featuring photographs and videos that showed Pratap, former Bihar health minister, along with two absconding accused, Mohd Kaif and Javed, who are presently in judicial custody in the Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi that CBI has not found any incriminating material against the RJD leader.<\/p>\n<p>The bench ordered closure of proceedings against Tej Pratap and gave the slain journalist&#8217;s widow the liberty to get her plea revised if some incriminating material surfaces in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against former Bihar minister Tej Pratap, son of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, in the murder case of a Siwan-based journalist. 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