...court reserves decision, verdict on January 2

Our Correspondent

Fazilka, December 26

The vacation Additional Session Judge, Jatinder Walia, has reserved his decision in the Bhim Sen Tank murder case of Abohar. The decision will be pronounced on January 2, 2016. On December 22, it heard the arguments on the anticipatory bail application of main accused Shiv Lal Doda.

Advocates Chander Mohan Munjal and Rahil Birla appeared on behalf of Doda, while District Attorney Naveen Girdhar pleaded for the state. Later, advocate Surinderpal Singh Tinna also pleaded for the victims.

Defense counsel Chander Mohan Munjal pleaded that gang war broke out between two groups on Doda’s farmhouse in his absence. He said Doda could not be held responsible for the crime as he was in Delhi and hadn’t spoken to any of the accused for the past several months.

Doda’s younger brother Avinash Doda, who was also present in the court, claimed no serious criminal case was pending against Doda in any court.