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Supreme Court stays trial in Kathua case till May 7

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial in the Kathua gangrape and murder case till May 7, after being seized with petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justices D Y Chandrachud, and Indu Malhotra said it would deal with the plea of the victim's father for shifting the trial to Chandigarh and the appeal of the accused seeking handing over the probe to CBI. The bench posted the matter for further hearing on May 7.
During the hearing, senior advocate Indira Jaising, who appeared for the victim's family, said that the case should be transferred to Chandigarh due to proximity to Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the incidents of obstruction in the investigation by lawyers of the local court. While, Harvinder Chaudhary, who was representing the accused, said his clients do not have faith in a police investigation, and the probe should go to CBI. Advocate General Jahangir Iqbal Ganai, along with standing counsel Shoeb Alam, appearing for Jammu and Kashmir, opposed the prayer for a CBI probe and said the SIT of the crime branch was investigating the case.
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