Mumbai, May 5
Sessions court judge Ajit Mishra, who gave the controversial judgment in the Alister Pereira case, today resigned days after the Bombay High Court pulled up the prosecution and the trial court for allowing the businessman to get away with a light punishment.
Additional Sessions Judge Ajit Mishra’s action came just less than a month after he sentenced Pereira to six months’ imprisonment in the hit-and-run case in which seven labourers were killed.
Bombay High Court sources said Mishra, however, did not give any reasons for his resignation. The high court had made stinging observations over the “pathetic” probe and the manner in which the trial was conducted while taking suo motu cognisance of the lapses in prosecution following an outcry over the verdict.
Seven labourers were killed when the Toyota Corolla driven by Pereira(22) ran over them after swerving into a pavement in suburban Bandra in November last.
— PTI
