Advocates’ murder shook us: Telangana Chief Justice Hima Kohli

The panel directed a proper investigation into the matter stating that ‘the incident has shaken us all from our stupor’. The Bench also voiced concern in the manner in which in broad day light a couple were done to death.

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy took suo motu cognisance of the gruesome murder of an advocate couple, Vaman Rao and Nagamani in Peddapalli district stating that the “murders have shaken us all”

The panel directed a proper investigation into the matter stating that ‘the incident has shaken us all from our stupor’. The Bench also voiced concern in the manner in which in broad day light a couple were done to death.

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‘The entire State apart from the legal community is looking upto the Government to ensure a proper working of the Rule of Law. We are all governed by the Law and nobody can take law into their own hands’, Chief Justice Kohli said.

Advocate General B S Prasad, assured the Court that nobody would be spared and every attempt would be made to book the culprits, prosecute and punish them effectively and efficiently. That pictures in the media show two state-owned buses at the sitet and therefore the passengers must be identified and be produced as witnesses before the Court.

When a member of the Bar wanted to expand the scope of the investigation the Chief Justice summarily rejected it saying that the focus in the matter should not be lost. The panel adjourned the matter to March 1 for the response from the State.

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