<p>The court of Additional District Judge (9th-fast track), Mohammad Qasim, who had reserved the judgement on June 3, pronounced the verdict in the presence of the JMM chief.<br /><br />An FIR was filed on April 15, 1974 by one Bahadur Singh, who had accused Soren of leading a group that allegedly killed Khirodar Singh and Chundi Singh following the slaughter of a goat at Kudko village under Pirtand police station in Giridih district.<br /><br />Soren was the sole accused after eight others had been acquitted in 1986. The chargesheet was filed in 1978.<br /><br />This was the third case in which Soren has been acquitted by different courts. He walked free in the 1975 Chirrudih massacre case three years ago while a Delhi court acquitted him in the Shashinath Jha murder case in 2007.</p>
<p>The court of Additional District Judge (9th-fast track), Mohammad Qasim, who had reserved the judgement on June 3, pronounced the verdict in the presence of the JMM chief.<br /><br />An FIR was filed on April 15, 1974 by one Bahadur Singh, who had accused Soren of leading a group that allegedly killed Khirodar Singh and Chundi Singh following the slaughter of a goat at Kudko village under Pirtand police station in Giridih district.<br /><br />Soren was the sole accused after eight others had been acquitted in 1986. The chargesheet was filed in 1978.<br /><br />This was the third case in which Soren has been acquitted by different courts. He walked free in the 1975 Chirrudih massacre case three years ago while a Delhi court acquitted him in the Shashinath Jha murder case in 2007.</p>