Along with the decapitated body, Jha had left a letter

mocking the legal system of the country. In the letter, he had challenged the police to catch him and had also threatened to send such "similar gifts" (headless bodies) after every 15 days, the prosecution had said. Public Prosecutor P K Verma told the court that in order to conceal the identity of his victims and to destroy the evidence, Jha had thrown the head and other body parts of the victims at various places here. The court also noted that the evidence showed that the victim was last seen with Jha and some legal documents relating to Mandal were also recovered from Jha's possession. Jha, a native of Madhepura in Bihar, was awarded death penalty in two murder cases while in the third case, he was give imprisonment till his death. During the trial, Jha had told the court that he was doing these crimes to take revenge from the police for falsely implicating him in several criminal cases. The court, in its order, observed that the cases relating to Jha raises a large number of questions on the manner in which the police functions and exposes the flip side of the traditional policing where there is "extortion", "exploitation" and false implication of innocents. It, however, said that false implications in earlier cases does not give him the right to kill some one. While sentencing, the court noted that Jha was involved in 14 criminal cases including seven murder cases. Amicus curiae Deepak Sharma, appearing for Jha, had sought a lenient view towards the convict on the ground that he is a patient of asthma and any stern view will cause mental, financial and social trauma to his wife and five minor daughters.