Jammu and Kashmir high court on Thursday stayed the proceedings in the Machchil fake encounter case relating to the killing of three youths near the LoC in the Valley in April this year.
Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain stayed the proceedings after Union of India filed a petition seeking orders to set aside the rulings of the subordinate courts on the option of having the accused Armymen in the alleged fake encounter case tried in a court martial.
Advocate D.S. Thakur, who appeared on behalf of Union of India, said the petition was filed as jurisdictional issues were involved.
The petition has sought setting aside of orders passed by chief judicial magistrate Sopore on July 15 and principal district and sessions judge Baramulla on December 13 in which they had rejected the Army’s claim to option of trying the accused personnel.
Justice Hussain called for the records of the case and the next hearing in the high court is likely to be held next month after the vacations.
Rejecting the revision petition filed by the Army against the CJM court’s order, the sessions court directed the Army to present the accused personnel before the court of chief judicial magistrate Sopore on December 24.
However, the Army had moved an application in the sessions court seeking time to challenge the order in the high court. —PTI