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An independent investigation by journalist Ajit Sahi, endorsed by eleven organisations and reported in April 2018, alleged that police had weakened the case. It said the first information report was filed about 17 hours after the incident, that witnesses said their statements had not been written down, that confessions were recorded before police rather than a magistrate, and that a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader named in the FIR had not been questioned.<ref name="newslaundry-2018" /> Human rights groups demanded that leader's arrest.<ref name="scroll-2018" /> | An independent investigation by journalist Ajit Sahi, endorsed by eleven organisations and reported in April 2018, alleged that police had weakened the case. It said the first information report was filed about 17 hours after the incident, that witnesses said their statements had not been written down, that confessions were recorded before police rather than a magistrate, and that a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader named in the FIR had not been questioned.<ref name="newslaundry-2018" /> Human rights groups demanded that leader's arrest.<ref name="scroll-2018" /> | ||
On 19 December 2018 | On 19 December 2018 a court in Latehar district convicted all eight accused of murder, and on 21 December sentenced each to life imprisonment and a fine of ₹25,000, with an additional year in prison for non-payment.<ref name="scroll-2018" /><ref name="aljazeera-2018" /> The Quint reported that the conviction rested largely on the testimony of the three eyewitnesses.<ref name="quint-2018" /> | ||
The convicts appealed. In April 2022 the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to all eight and suspended the life sentences imposed by the district court. The Association for Protection of Civil Rights, which was providing legal assistance to the victims' families, said the families intended to challenge the bail order in the Supreme Court.<ref name="maktoob-2022" /> | The convicts appealed. In April 2022 the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to all eight and suspended the life sentences imposed by the district court. The Association for Protection of Civil Rights, which was providing legal assistance to the victims' families, said the families intended to challenge the bail order in the Supreme Court.<ref name="maktoob-2022" /> | ||