Actor rape case trial may resume in Jan.
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With the Supreme Court dismissing the State authorities’s plea for a change of court docket in the actor rape case, stage has been set for resuming the trial.
Though Honey M. Varghese, the Special Judge contemplating the sensational case, has posted the case for December 22, it may take some extra time for the resumption of the proceedings because the State authorities has sought time on the apex court docket for the appointment of a brand new Special Prosecutor in the case.
The stand-off between the trial court docket and the Special Prosecutor A. Sureshan over the alleged bias of the court docket had reached a flash level when he moved the Kerala High Court searching for the change of trial court docket. The survivor too had approached the High Court with the demand. After the Single Judge of the High Court rejected the prosecution plea, Mr. Sureshan had resigned.
Special Prosecutor
The trial might be resumed throughout the first week of January if the State appoints a Special Prosecutor earlier than the following posting date of the case. If delayed, the trial court docket may have to provide an affordable time for the State for finishing the method.
In such a situation, there might be an additional delay in resuming the proceedings. The Supreme Court has set February 4, 2021 because the deadline for finishing the trial, authorized sources indicated.
The prosecution case is that the actor was kidnapped and raped in a shifting automotive. Actor Dileep has been arraigned because the eighth accused in the case. He has been charged with conspiracy.
Witness examination
The trial court docket has until now look at 80 witnesses in the case. The examination of round 40 witnesses, together with Kavya Madhavan, spouse of Dileep, and his pal and actor Nadirsha was postponed after the prosecutor failed to show up for his or her examination.
The examination of those witnesses are prone to be taken up by the court docket throughout the resumption of the proceedings. The petition of the prosecution for cancelling the bail of Dileep for influencing the witnesses is pending earlier than the court docket.
The court docket has sought a report from the investigation officer on the bail order of Vipinlal, an approver in the case, as paperwork pertaining to his bail order was not obtainable in the court docket data.
