sensationalism and vague". On 26 July 2012, the Supreme Court stated that it will go into the causes of delay as even after 33 years, the trial was yet to conclude in the session court. As of July 2013, the 27-year-old man accused of the murder was 65 years old. Of the 39 witnesses he cited to prove his innocence, 31 have died. More than 20 different judges have heard his case over the years, supposedly on a day-by-day basis. After 39 years of trial, on 8 December 2014 four men accused of Mishra's murder were found guilty by a Delhi court. A fifth accused in the case had died. Three Ananda Marga followers, Santoshanand, Sudevanand and Gopalji, along with advocate Ranjan Dwivedi, were held guilty of murdering Mishra and two others. They were sentenced to life imprisonment by district judge and were fined amounts ranging from Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000. The court noted that Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, the religious leader of Ananda Marga, was jailed following his accusations in a murder case so his followers murdered Mishra to build pressure on Indira Gandhi government to release Sarkar. Sarkar was later acquitted. The court also noted that the six Ananda Marga followers met at a village in Bhagalpur district, Bihar and planned the conspiracy in 1973. In a recent trial, the High Court quashed the verdict of the lower trial court and all the four accused have been acquitted as the evidence provided by C.B.I. could not convince the High Court bench. Legacy A university, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, MBA institutes, Lalit Narayan Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change, Patna (LNMI, Patna), L N Mishra Institute of Business Management, Muzaffarpur and a railway hospital in Gorakhpur, UP are named after him. The Government of India issued a postage stamp in his memory. See also List of assassinated Indian politicians References External links University Institute= College of Business http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/deptts/mpp/Instructions%20for%20medical.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170120134529/http://ebiharjharkhand.in/mnega-first-time-in-delhi-fine-day/ 1923 births 1975 deaths 1975 in India 1975 murders in India India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1971–1977 Assassinated Indian politicians Commerce and Industry Ministers of India Crime in Bihar Deaths by explosive device Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Bihar People from Bihar People from Saharsa district People murdered in Bihar People murdered in India Railway Ministers of India Rajya Sabha members from Bihar