Mumbai: Ten years since terrorists wreaked havoc in the city on November 26, 2008, the trial against the sole captive accused, Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, is still pending in court.
In fact, the Bombay high court has stayed the trial because the government does not wish to share documents detailing how Jundal had reached India.
The Bombay high court granted a stay on the trial after the Delhi police’s special cell approached it in April 2018 challenging the trial court order that had asked the prosecution to provide Jundal’s travel documents to his defence lawyer. The police claimed privilege over the documents and requested the high court to quash and set aside the trial court’s order that had directed it to furnish the copies of documents.
While admitting the petition for hearing, the high court granted a stay on the trial pending the hearing.
However, the court had heard the petition for the last time in April and now the next date of hearing on this petition is in February 2019 and hence there is no possibility of a trial against Jundal getting started again before this date.
