Munna Bajrangi murder case in CBI court on Allahabad HC order

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has directed the district judge, Baghpat, to transfer a criminal trial relating to murder of dreaded mafia don Munna Bajrangi pending before him to the special judge, CBI court at Ghaziabad with complete record. The order was passed on October 5.
Allowing a transfer application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Justice Suneet Kumar observed, “As per direction of high court, the CBI has taken over the investigation of Munna Bajrangi murder case. Accordingly, present application has been filed seeking transfer of the case to the competent court having jurisdiction. Hence, it is allowed.”
In its application, the CBI had sought transfer of the session trial no. 525 of 2018, State of U.P. vs. Sunil Rathi (case crime no. 377 of 2018) under Section 302 (murder) IPC, police station Khekra, district Baghpat, UP, pending in the court of district judge, Baghpat, to special judge, CBI court at Ghaziabad along with all case record.
Earlier, a division bench of Allahabad High Court, while allowing a petition filed by Seema Singh, wife of Munna Bajrangi, had on February 25, 2020, directed a CBI probe into the murder of Munna Bajrangi inside Baghpat district jail.
Munna Bajrangi was brought from Jhansi jail to Baghpat jail, where he was shot dead by a prisoner, Sunil Rathi on July 9, 2018. He was shot 10 times in the head within the jail premises itself.