Trial stay: HC rejects plea of Kandhamal nun
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court (HC) today rejected the prayer of the Kandhamal nun seeking a stay or deferment of the trial proceedings of her case in the district and sessions court here.
Justice BK Naik, Judge of the Orissa High Court, refused to grant relief to the petitioner since the trial can neither be stayed nor deferred at this stage and asked her to approach the trial court.
The nun was allegedly raped during the 2008 Kandhamal riots. Trial in her case is held by the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Cuttack, BK Mishra. However, she has not presented herself even once during the trial that began in July though she had turned up for test identification parade held at a prison.
Earlier on September 7, the trial court had adjourned the proceedings till September 23 directing the nun to appear either on that day or September 24.With today's HC order, the nun has to appear before the trial court on Thursday personally or through her counsel. The district court is holding trial in the rape case following the HC order which had come after a petition was filed by the nun.
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