Overview
- In a December 19, 2025 order, Special Judge Anand Prakash acquitted Indrajeet Rai, ruling the prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt.
- Police produced a 2024 station diary entry stating nearly 200 kg of contraband stored in the Ormanjhi malkhana was destroyed by rats, leaving no material to present in court and pegging the haul’s value at about Rs 1 crore.
- The court noted conflicting accounts among seven police witnesses on the stop’s timing and location, who detained the accused, and the direction in which others fled, alongside gaps in sampling, sealing, and preservation.
- The Investigating Officer acknowledged the allegedly seized Bolero had no engine or chassis number and that this was neither properly recorded nor reported to transport authorities.
- No independent public witness was examined despite the claimed seizure on a busy highway, and the case has revived concerns over evidence storage practices after a similar July report from Dhanbad about liquor stocks.