Wamiq Farooq case: Court defers verdict on police revision petition

Srinagar: Principal District and Sessions Court Srinagar, Bansi Lal Bhat Thursday deferred orders in criminal revision petition filed by police in connection with Chief Judicial Magistrate orders in teenager Wamiq Farooq killing.    “The order is the case was to be pronounced today but the court informed that it will be announced on May 02” complainant counsel, advocate Aijaz Ahmad Dar told. On February 05 last, the CJM directed police to constitute SIT, to be headed by SP ranked officer, to clear contradictory versions into the killing while underlining that the occurrence was one and the same for which enquiry in the court and investigation by police were going on.  Subsequently, on March 10 last, police filed the criminal revision petition against the CJM orders for constituting SIT to investigate five aspects of the case including examining the witnesses.The police has challenged the orders and prayed to allow the petition by setting aside the February 05 orders of the CJM Srinagar in the “interest of justice”.The court directions had followed different versions by police and the complainant, father of the slain 13-year-old who died on 31 January last year.