An Alwar court will hold the final hearing in the Rakbar Khan lynching case on March 6, PTI reported on Monday. Khan was lynched by a mob on suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan in 2018.
Qasim Khan, representing Rakbar Khan’s mother Habiban, said that the court on Monday denied further argument in the case and scheduled the final hearing for March 6.
The court has also appointed a special prosecutor in the case. Last week, the family of Khan had accused the court of bias. In an application to Alwar’s District and Sessions Judge Sangeeta Sharma, 73-year-old Habiban and Aslam Khan, a key witness in the case, had said the presiding officer was in favour of the accused.
“The accused tell us that they have “managed” the presiding officer and now the judgement will be in their favour,” the application had alleged.
The family had asked Judge Sharma to either take the case herself or transfer it, but the request was denied. The family had also raised questions about…
