Advocates:
['SHAFQAT NAZIR', 'B A DAR SR AAG', '', 'MUKUL ROHATGI SR ADV', 'PRAG TRIPATHI SR ADV', 'SYED FAISAL QADIRI', 'SALIH PIRZADA', 'TEJAS KARIA', 'FARAH BASHIR AMICUS CURIAE', 'MOKSHA KAZMI', 'SARANSH JAIN', 'HIMANSHU BEOTRA', 'S M AYOUB', 'FARHAT ZIA', 'AJIT WARRIER', 'PAVITSINGH KATOCH', 'VARUN PATHAK', 'NAYANTARA NARAYAN', 'THEJESH RAJENDRAN', 'MALIKHA MEHRA']

Sr. No. 205

HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

AT SRINAGAR

CJ Court

Case: PIL No. 12 of 2019

(through video conference)

Court on its own Motion

…Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s)

Through: Sh. Shafqat Nazir, Advocate.

v/s

Inspector General of Police and ors.

…. Respondent(s)

Through: Sh. B. A. Dar, Sr. AAG.

CORAM:

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, JUDGE

ORDER

PANKAJ MITHAL, CJ

1.

Heard Sh. Shafqat Nazir, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sh.

B. A. Dar, Sr. AAG for the respondents.

2.

The court took suo motu action in respect of an incident dated

08.05.2019 of rape of a minor girl in District Bandipora Kashmir which

received widespread publicity in the State.

3.

The Suo motu action was necessitated as the reports appearing in

the media expressed grave apprehension with regard to effective and impartial

investigation and was of the view that attempts would be made to protect the

accused persons and to interfere with the investigation. The other reason for the

suo motu action