A Delhi sessions court on Monday transferred the high-profile Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, involving suspended Haryana cadre IPS R K Sharma along with five others as accused, to a fast track court (FTC) for speedy disposal, says a Press Trust of India (PTI) report.
Exactly seven years after the gruesome murder of The Indian Express scribe Bhatnagar in her East Delhi flat, additional sessions judge S C Malik, as per the direction of the Delhi High Court that cases which were lingering on for last seven years would be transferred to FTC, sent the case to ASJ Rajendra Kumar’s court.
However, the trial in the case was nearing conclusion as the ASJ Malik’s court had already recorded depositions of 192 prosecution witnesses out of 200.
Meanwhile, sub-inspector Avdesh Kumar, a finger print expert, whose examination was underway at the ASJ Malik’s court would be further examined by the FTC. Avdesh, in his statement, had said police did provide 10 specimen finger prints of various persons which were reportedly taken from the spot. He further informed the court that the specimen finger impressions were duly supported by the forwarding letter of the SHO of Mandawli police station.
