HC stays Netai trial till Jan 10

The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the trial of the Netai case till January 10.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the trial of the Netai case till January 10. Abani Singh Sardar,one of the accused in the Netai carnage,had filed a petition in the High Court a week ago challenging the order of framing of charges by Additional Sessions Court,Midnapore.

Arguing on the petition,advocate Milan Mukherjee,counsel of the Abani pleaded that the CBI had filed the chargesheet to the ACJM court at Jhargram in the first week of April. Following that,the case was referred to the Additional Sessions Court,Midnapore for holding the trial of the case. The hearing for the framing of charges started in September and the Additional Sessions Court framed the charges against the accused in October.

Later,the CBI filed a supplementary charge-sheet against the accused in the Additional session court in the October. Mukherjee argued that supplementary charge-sheet cannot be filed to the Additional Sessions Court when charges have already been framed by the same court. He also requested the High Court to reject the order of framing of charges against the accused.

Opposing the petition,Additional Solicitor General Fraok M Razzak pleaded the case being very sensitive,the court should not stay the trial.

Hearing the arguments,Justice Kalidas Mukherjee stayed the trial in the case and scheduled the hearing on January 5.

On November 4,the trial in the case was scheduled to start at the Additional Sessions Court but it was deferred till December 15 following Abani Singhs petition in the High Court challenging the framing of charges.

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