Ghaziabad, May 14 (IANS): Trial proceedings in the 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj double murders came to a halt again Monday after the defence and prosecution locked horns over the supply of documents to the accused. The hearing was adjourned to Wednesday.
Aarushi's parents - dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar who are accused in the case - may file a revision petition in high court if the trial court does not pass an order to supply the required documents on a fresh application which their lawyers termed as their legal right under Section 207 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The court first passed a judicial order for supply of documents to the accused.
But the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) supplied certain select documents to the Talwars, which the defence lawyers said were insufficient to prove their innocence.
They submitted a fresh application before the court of special sessions judge S. Lal to pass a judicial order for the further supply of documents.
Vijay Pal Singh Rathi, the lawyer for the Talwars, said the accused is entitled to get each and every relied upon and relevant paper pertaining to the investigation of the case.
"The CBI is withholding even such 'relied upon' documents on whose basis CBI magistrate Preeti Singh issued summons to Talwars. We have already prayed before the trial court May 11 to pass a judicial order regarding the supply of documents," added the defence lawyer.
"If we fail to get justice here at the sessions court, we shall file a revision (petition) before the high court at Allahabad,", said defence lawyer Rathi.
The sessions court had started trial after a lapse of four years May 11 at the court of CBI special judge Lal in Ghaziabad.
The court was adjourned till May 16, which will mark four years since the twin murders of 14-year-old Aarushi and the family's domestic help Hemraj which had shocked the nation.
The court granted a day's time to execute its order on supply of papers Tuesday. Earlier the defence lawyer submitted the prayer before the court to issue a judicial order on the issue.