Zubeen Garg death case: SC directs completion of witnesses’ exam within 2 months
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the completion of the examination of crucial witnesses in singer Zubeen Garg’s death case trial within two months, as it deferred the hearing on the bail plea of his event manager in the matter until October. Singer Zubeen Garg. “We want to see how the trial proceeds. This order will put pressure on them to move ahead with the matter,” said a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan. It asked the prosecution to be diligent in prosecuting the case as it heard Shyamkanu Mahanta’s bail plea. Mahanta, who has been named as an accused, organised the event for which Garg was in Singapore, where he allegedly drowned last year. He moved the Supreme Court after the Gauhati high court denied him bail on May 29. The bench noted Assam advocate general Devajit Saikia’s submission that the trial is proceeding on a day-to-day basis and crucial witnesses are being examined in the next few weeks. It posted the bail plea for hearing on October 12. Senior advocate Siddharth …
