Hathras rape case: Allahabad HC refuses to stay trial in special court

The Allahabad High Court has declined to stay the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of a young woman in Hathras being conducted by a special court in the district.

The Allahabad High Court has declined to stay the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of a young woman in Hathras being conducted by a special court in the district or move it to elsewhere. The Lucknow bench of the high court, however, kept it open for the CBI to seek transfer of the trial if it so wanted.