Special public prosecutor Prakash Suryavanshi on Wednesday submitted a list of 32 witnesses to a special UAPA court for examination during the trial in the August 20, 2013, murder of veteran rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.
The trial is to commence from October 29 as per an initial programme for two months finalised by the court
Special judge SR Navander, hearing the case, was expected to pass an order on whether to hold the trial from a dedicated facility inside the Yerawada jail or from the Ashoka hall at the district and sessions court premises in view of the crowding concern.
The judge, however, told the representing lawyers that the Ashoka hall did not seem to be a feasible option. The trial can begin with examination of formal witnesses from the existing courtroom in the old building with restricted attendance of people, lawyers and the media.
On October 29, the court will start with the examination of an inquest panchanama witness, followed by another witness who accompanied the police party during a search of the flat where Dabholkar would stay during his visits to Pune. Subsequent trial proceedings have been fixed for November 13, 20 and 27, besides, December 4, 11, 18 and 19.
After the court proceedings on Wednesday, Suryavanshi told TOI , “Our list contains names of some very important witnesses, including eye witnesses, but we won’t elaborate any further at this stage as to who they are.”
Prime accused and ‘Sanatan Sanstha activist’ Virendrasinh Tawde, besides Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar — the two men accused of opening fire at Dabholkar, were produced via videoconferencing mode from the Yerawada central jail. Another accused Vikram Bhave, who is out on bail granted by the high court, was physically present before the court, while the fifth accused Sanjiv Punalekar, a Mumbai lawyer, secured exemption from hearing.
Defence lawyer Suvarna Avhad submitted that the accused have still not received a CD of Dabholkar’s postmortem procedure. Similarly, they haven’t yet received the x-ray plates and photos of the dead body. She said the defence had already applied for these documents.
Suryavanshi brought to the court’s notice that the case was initially investigated by the Pune police before the Central Bureau Investigation took it over in May 2014. “We will verify which agency is in possession of these documents and make a statement accordingly,” he said.
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