{"id":53484,"date":"2018-08-02T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53484"},"modified":"2018-08-02T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:06:29","slug":"kathua-gangrape-case-court-asks-to-share-names-of-witnesses-who-do-not-face-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kathua-gangrape-case-court-asks-to-share-names-of-witnesses-who-do-not-face-threat","title":{"rendered":"Kathua gangrape case: Court asks to share names of witnesses who do not face threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" data-attachment-id=\"53485\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kathua-gangrape-case-court-asks-to-share-names-of-witnesses-who-do-not-face-threat\/hundreds-gather-against-kathua-rape-and-murder\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?fit=350%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?fit=350%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Hundreds-gather-against-Kathua-rape-and-murder.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Pathankot:<\/b>\u00a0In hearing the gruesome rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl, today district and sessions court asked the prosecution to share, a day in advance with defending lawyers, names of those witnesses who do not have any security threat, a lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Pathankot District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh, while hearing a petition of defence counsel for disclosure of names of witnesses in advance, left it to the prosecution to share the names of only such witnesses, a day in advance with defence lawyers, who do not have any security threat, said Special Public Prosecutor J K Chopra.<\/p>\n<p>The court, while disposing off three applications of defence counsel, asked it would be appropriate to direct the prosecution to disclose the names of witnesses in advance a day before examination barring those who are under threat, Chopra said.<\/p>\n<p>Defence counsel A K Swahaney\u00a0told reporters that the court agreed with their plea for disclosure of witnesses names in advance.<br \/>\nThe defence had last month moved the court with the plea saying that it would help them in preparing for their case.<br \/>\nThe judge, however, took cognizance of the crime branch application in which they had pleaded that disclosing names in advance will have a bearing on their security, Chopra said.<br \/>\nHowever, it agreed that such names, who do not face any threat, will be shared in advance, he added.<br \/>\nThe crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police had highlighted that some vested groups in Hiranagar and Kathua area had launched a well-organised campaign against the investigating agency by large-scale propaganda on electronic, print and social media to &#8220;mislead the masses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution also brought to notice that a targeted campaign to intimidate witnesses had come to fore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathankot:\u00a0In hearing the gruesome rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl, today district and sessions court asked the prosecution to share, a day in advance with defending lawyers, names of those witnesses who do not have any security threat, a lawyer said. 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