Junaid was killed on a train to Mathura in June this year. Acting on an appeal against the single-judge bench order, the division bench of Justices Mahesh Grover and Raj Shekhar Attri Tuesday asked the Faridabad sessions court to adjourn the case until January 11. The trial court was scheduled to hear the case on December 12. It has earlier been directed by another single-judge bench of the High Court to conclude the proceedings within five months because there was “every likelihood of prosecution witnesses being put in jeopardy”. On Tuesday morning, senior advocate R S Cheema, who has been representing the family in the High Court, requested the division bench to order a stay on the trial proceedings during pendency of the appeal.

Source: Indian Express December 05, 2017 22:52 UTC