Hearing adjourned in Kathua rape case

Pathankot, June 26

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District and Sessions Judge Jatinder Pal Singh Khurmi today adjourned the hearing in the infamous Kathua rape and murder case till June 28.

On January 10, 2018, a minor girl, belonging to the Bakarwal community, was kidnapped and gang-raped before being done to death at Rasana village in Kathua district (J&K). Eight persons, including Shubham Sangra, were named as accused.

Sangra’s bail application, who claimed to be a juvenile before his plea was overturned by the Supreme Court, came up for hearing today. The judge adjourned the case to June 28. Lodged in the Pathankot sub-district prison, Sangra was not present in the court today.

The J&K Home Department has appointed Gurdaspur-based senior advocate Santokh Singh Basra, advocate Hitesh Chopra, Deputy Director (Prosecution), J&K, Bopinder Singh and the Chief Prosecuting Officer (Crime), J&K, as public prosecutors. Basra was preoccupied with some cases and hence could not be present in the court today.