Dubbing as “important” the plea filed by Kathua rape and murder victim’s father challenging the solitary acquittal and seeking death penalty for three convicts facing life sentence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court  today made clear its intent to hear the matter on Thursday.
The order by the Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu to hear the matter along with connected matters already scheduled for hearing on Thursday came after preliminary hearing this morning. At the very onset, counsel for the father Utsav Bains gave a brief background of the case.