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CBI to conduct Babri Masjid demolition trial through video conferencing

PTI
Published : May 16, 2020, 9:56 am IST
Updated : May 16, 2020, 9:56 am IST

The Supreme Court on May 8 had directed the special court to conclude trial proceedings by August 31.

File image of the Babri Masjid. in
 File image of the Babri Masjid. in

Lucknow: A special CBI court on Friday decided to continue further trial proceedings in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case through video-conferencing.

The Supreme Court on May 8 had directed the special court to conclude trial proceedings by August 31.

Earlier, the trial had to be completed by April 20, but it could not be done due to closure of courts in the wake of the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown.
The proceedings were hampered due to the lockdown and hence, the decision has been taken, it said.

The case involves BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti, VHP leader Champat Rai Bansal, among others.

The court has recorded the evidence of all prosecution witnesses which the CBI had produced. It is now proceeding to enable the accused to know as to what evidence was exactly produced against them.

Meanwhile, the defence filed an application on Friday to summon three prosecution witnesses for cross examination as they were not earlier cross examined when their evidence in chief was recorded in 2016-17.

Taking up the application, special judge SK Yadav asked the defence to furnish the list of specific questions on which it wanted to cross examine these prosecution witnesses. The court will hear the matter next on May 18.

Tags: babri masjid demolition case, babri masjid-ram janmabhoomi, cbi case
Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow