Court dismisses militant’s charge of bias against trial judge

District Judge G P Mittal,however,did not find any substance in the allegations after hearing the version of the woman judge who said the charges were made as she was expediting the trial against the accused.

“Ajmal Kasab is your brother,you all are of the same clan but now you are not owning him,” were the remarks attributed to the judge by the accused who also alleged she had called them “terrorists” as well.

“I am not inclined to believe that the petitioners have been treated as terrorists during the trial by the presiding officer. The case is at an advanced stage and only testimony of the investigating officer remains. No case can be transferred from one court to another on vague allegations or on mere apprehensions of a litigant” Mittal said.

Mohd Hassan,who hailed from Mandi district in Punjab province of Pakistan and Shafaquat Iqbal and Shabbir Ahmed of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir,alleged the judge had made unwarranted remarks and also referred to 26/11 attacks and made other observations like — “It is you who are trouble makers.”