Kerala HC stays trial, till additional orders, in tribal youth Madhu lynching case
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By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed till additional orders, the trial within the homicide of tribal youth A Madhu, who was lynched on February 22, 2018, at Attappady in Palakkad district, allegedly for stealing rice from a grocery store.
The Mannarkkad Special Court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been conducting the trial. The court docket additionally sought the view of the state authorities on the demand of Madhu’s mom Malli to take away the particular public prosecutor.
The court docket issued the order on the petition filed by Malli looking for a directive to maintain in abeyance all of the proceedings within the homicide case until the federal government takes a call on her plea to take away particular public prosecutor C Rajendran. Malli requested the federal government at hand over the case to further particular prosecutor Rajesh M Menon to conduct the trial.
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The petitioner alleged that the current Special Public Prosecutor was conducting the trial in an inefficient method and violating the essential ideas of the principles pertaining to the examination of the witnesses. The investigation officer within the case had given a report back to the district police chief relating to the lapses and foul play in conducting the trial.
