PANAJI
The Bombay High Court at Goa has directed the trial court to expedite the trial in the murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin and preferably complete the trial within one year.
The orders were issued by the High Court while rejecting the bail plea filed by the lone accused Vikas Bhagat, who had sought bail on the condition that he was in jail for around six and a half years with the trial nowhere close to completion.
“The trial court is requested to expedite the trial and conclude the same preferably within one year from today. The applicant cooperated with the trial court in the expeditious disposal of the trial,” the High Court single judge bench of Justice M S Karnik said.
During the hearing, the High Court noted that there were 14 reports of alleged misconduct by Bhagat during his incarceration.
