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Govind Pansare was fatally shot in Kolhapur on February 16, 2015, and succumbed to his injuries four days later. Initially, the local police handled the investigation, but due to a lack of progress, it was later transferred to the CID SIT. In August 2023, after several years, the case was transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Squad
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that it will no longer monitor the trial in the Govind Pansare murder case.
A division bench of the high court comprising Justice AS Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata said that the only task remaining is tracing the absconding 2 of the accused in the case and the court need not monitor the trial for that.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by one of the accused which sought to end the monitoring of trial by the high court.
Govind Pansare was fatally shot in Kolhapur on February 16, 2015, and succumbed to his injuries four days later.
Initially, the local police handled the investigation, but due to a lack of progress, it was later transferred to the CID SIT.
In August 2023, after several years, the case was transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Squad
Later, Pansare’s daughter moved the high court seeking a court-monitored probe due to slow progress in the trial. She had contended that the murderers of Pansare were interlinked in the killing of other accused including Narendra Dhabolkar and Gauri Lankesh.
The high court passed the order stating that the court's monitoring of the trial is no longer required. However, the high court said that the trial court shall expedite the trial and hear the case daily.
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