SC shifts Kathua trial out of J-K to Pathankot, says fair trial cannot co-exist with fear

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 07 2018 | 9:05 PM IST

The Supreme Court today ordered that the trial in the sensational gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua be shifted out of Jammu and Kashmir to neighbouring Punjab, holding fair trial was "sacrosant" and cannot be allowed to "co-exist" with fear.

Directing day-to-day "in-camera" trial, the apex court asked the district and sessions judge at Pathankot to personally undertake the trial proceedings.

The order came on a petition by the victim's father seeking transfer of the case to Chandigarh on the ground that the family was receiving death threats and that they feared for their lives

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First Published: May 07 2018 | 9:05 PM IST

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