The Supreme Court is slated to deliver its ruling on Tuesday on a series of allegations that have requested a transfer of the trial to Delhi along with a court-supervised investigation, as senior lawyers, including lawyer and activist Indira Jaisingh, said his apprehension that a fair trial The investigation was not possible in Uttar Pradesh. A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper caste men in Hathras on September 14. He died on September 29 at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi during treatment. The victim was cremated in the dead of night near his home in September. 30. The body was cremated in the dark of the night, supposedly without the presence of his relatives. However, local police officers said the cremation was carried out “according to the wishes of the family.”
The Uttar Pradesh government had created a special investigation team, which has completed its investigation. He was supposed to present his report to the government, which had extended the deadline. Meanwhile, SIT made headlines after the wife of a senior SIT police officer died by suicide.
A public interest litigation (PIL) and several allegations of intervention have been filed demanding a court-supervised investigation into the Hathras case. The demand to move the trial out of Uttar Pradesh is also gaining ground. CBI is currently investigating the case.
A bench made up of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian is hearing the case. The lawyer, who appeared on behalf of the victim’s family, had told the high court that the trial of the case would be moved from Uttar Pradesh to a court in the national capital after the investigation was completed.
As the safety of the victim’s family is paramount in this case, Attorney General Tushar Mehta had referred to the affidavit filed in the high court by the government of Uttar Pradesh, which provided details on the safety and protection provided to the victim’s family and witnesses. if.
Mehta said the victim’s family has reported that they have hired a lawyer and also requested that the government defender also handle the case on their behalf.
(With PTI inputs)
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