Two witnesses recently appeared before the additional district and sessions court here in the 7-year-old student murder case to record their testimonies.
Prosecutions stated that both the witnesses are scientific officers at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Delhi.
The schoolboy, named “Prince” by the court, was found murdered on September 8, 2017, in his school washroom. A school bus driver was initially made the prime suspect in the case and was sent to jail. However, when the CBI took the charge of the investigation, it was found that “Prince” was killed by one “Bholu”, then a Class 11 student of the same school the victim was studying, and was taken into custody.
The hearing of the case started on Thursday at 2 pm in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Singal.
A counsel of the victim said that the court first recorded the testimony of the principal scientific officer of the chemistry wing of CFSL, Delhi. He gave the report after examining the knife used in the murder of the student and the cloth used to clean the blood at the crime scene. On completion of his testimony, the defense was given a chance to question him but it didn’t ask any questions.
After that, the testimony of the senior scientific officer, biology wing, CFSL, Delhi, began. A total of 33 samples, including shoes and school uniform, were given to him by the CBI for investigation.
However, the testimony of the 2nd witness could not be completed due to the paucity of time. The court has fixed March 31 as the next date of the hearing.
Barun Thakur (father of “Prince”) said that “Out of these 33 samples, 26 samples were opened in the court during the hearing.”
There are about 127 witnesses in the case. The testimony of three of those has been completed, said Sushil Tekriwal, the lawyer appearing for the victim in the court.
