Supreme Court to decide today whether Hathras trial should be shifted out of UP

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on Tuesday on a batch of pleas which have sought a switch of the trial to Delhi together with a court-monitored probe as senior attorneys, together with lawyer-activist Indira Jaisingh, expressed their apprehension {that a} truthful probe was not doable in Uttar Pradesh. A 19-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by 4 upper-caste males in Hathras on September 14. She died on September 29 at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital throughout remedy.The sufferer was cremated within the lifeless of the night time close to her house on September 30. The physique was cremated on the lifeless of night time allegedly with out the presence of her relations. Local cops, nevertheless, mentioned the cremation was carried out “as per the wishes of the family”.

The Uttar Pradesh authorities had arrange a Special Investigation Team, which has accomplished its probe. It was imagined to submit its report back to the federal government, which had prolonged the deadline. Meanwhile, the SIT got here into information after the spouse of a senior police officer who’s a part of the SIT died of suicide.

A public curiosity litigation (PIL) and several other intervention pleas have been filed demanding a court-monitored probe into the Hathras case. Demand to shift the trial out of Uttar Pradesh can also be gaining floor. At current, CBI is investigating the case.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justice A S Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian is listening to the case. The lawyer, showing for the sufferer’s household, had informed the apex court docket that trial within the case be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh to a court docket within the nationwide capital after completion of investigation.

As the safety of the relations of the sufferer is paramount on this case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had referred to the affidavit filed within the apex court docket by the Uttar Pradesh authorities which gave particulars concerning the safety and safety offered to the sufferer’s household and witnesses within the case.

Mehta mentioned that sufferer’s household has knowledgeable that they’ve engaged lawyer they usually have additionally requested that authorities advocate must also pursue the case on their behalf.

(With PTI inputs)