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The Bombay High Court has scheduled for December 5 the last proceeding of appeals challenging the acquittal of each 22 accused successful the alleged fake brushwood killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his woman Kauser Bi, and subordinate Tulsiram Prajapati.
The appeals filed by Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s brothers Rubabuddin and Nayabuddin Sheikh successful 2019 against the acquittal of the accused person been pending for implicit six years.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad connected Wednesday expressed interest implicit the hold and the lack of immoderate respondents during erstwhile hearings. The order, made disposable connected Thursday, stated, “Notwithstanding pendency of these transgression appeals since 2019 and proceeding conducted connected the past 4 occasions successful the past astir 3 years, immoderate of the respondents are not appearing done their learned counsels.”
The tribunal directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to guarantee that announcement is served connected the respondents who person not appeared successful the proceedings done the officers successful complaint of the respective constabulary stations. It besides allowed the respondents to taxable further documents.
Gautam Tiwari, the counsel for the appellants, informed the Bench that a compilation of applicable documents and witnesser depositions had been prepared and would beryllium filed wrong a week.
Senior advocates Anil C. Singh, appearing for the CBI, and Amit Desai, representing 1 of the respondents, assured the Bench that written submissions would beryllium filed by December 4. Other respondents were besides granted the aforesaid deadline.
The substance volition beryllium heard astatine 3 p.m. connected December 5.
Case background
The lawsuit dates backmost to November 2005, erstwhile gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed by Gujarat and Rajasthan constabulary unit successful an alleged encounter. His woman was allegedly abducted and killed days later, portion the gangster’s adjutant was changeable dormant successful December 2006.
The CBI took implicit the probe successful 2010, naming respective elder constabulary officers and a erstwhile Gujarat Home Minister successful its chargesheet.
In December 2018, a peculiar CBI tribunal successful Mumbai acquitted each the accused, citing a deficiency of grounds and noting that cardinal witnesses had turned hostile. Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s brothers challenged the acquittals successful the Bombay High Court successful 2019, starring to the existent appeals.
