KOLKATA: Deeming the inordinate delay in finishing a trial unacceptable, Calcutta HC has granted bail till Nov-end to a person incarcerated in jail for 11 years and 7 months for allegedly killing his two daughters and dumping their our bodies on a roadside in 2012.
“Given the conduct of prosecution, we’re not positive when the trial will truly conclude,” division bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray stated of their order on Sept 24.Prosecution had assured the HC on Could 7 that the trial of Istiaque Ahamad alias Istiaque Sk, could be accomplished inside a month. Nevertheless, on Sept 24, it knowledgeable the courtroom that two extra witnesses have been but to be examined.
The case dates again to 2012, when taxi driver Jagannath Rai allegedly noticed the top of a teenage lady in a municipal vat close to Dhakuria station street crossing on Jan 25. He instructed police that whereas sitting at a roadside eatery, he noticed two folks place an artificial bag within the vat. A foul scent from the bag aroused his suspicion, and he peered inside.
Based mostly on Rai’s assertion, a case was lodged at Lake police station in opposition to unknown individuals, which was later transferred to the murder squad. Istiaque was arrested on Feb 11, 2013. Concurrently, based mostly on a letter dated Jan 24, 2012, from Sk Munna, alleging that he had discovered the physique of a lady aged 9 or 10 in a plastic bag on Park Circus railway station platform, a case was registered by Ballygunge GRPS. The 2 instances have been later clubbed.
The prosecution alleged that each deceased women have been Istiaque’s daughters from his second marriage.
