Kolkata: The survivor's counsel on Thursday informed Calcutta High Court that the family was satisfied with Kolkata Police's probe in the law college gan-grape case. They, however, wanted to see the progress report in the ongoing probe.
Multiple PILs have been filed seeking the court to order a court-monitored probe or transfer it to CBI. The survivor's counsel, during the last hearing, told the court that "she was getting all support from the SIT".
The division bench of justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De allowed the family to see the progress report but were verbally asked not to share it with anyone else. The judge directed the state to serve the copy of the report to the survivor but warned that it cannot be divulged to any agency or media and is only for her information.
Pursuing the court's direction, the state submitted the progress report in a sealed cover. The survivor's statement under section 164 of CrPC was also submitted before the division bench. The state was directed to submit a progress report on the probe after four weeks.
The OC also submitted a report in response to the allegations of past police cases against prime accused Monojit Mishra (31).
The HC directed the college and state to file their affidavits before the next hearing, which is July 17. Senior advocate Phiroze Edulji, representing the litigants, raised the question of violation of the accused persons' human rights as they were being taken to a correctional home with ropes around their waist ‘like cats and dogs'. Survivor's counsel, Arindam Jana, stated that the accused was being represented by 50 advocates in lower court but no one has raised the question of rights violation.