Kochi: The judge withdrew from the actress attack case. Justice Kausar Edappagat withdrew from considering the survivor’s plea seeking a change of court. The petition will be heard by another bench.
In the petition filed by a survivor, it was stated that the decision to change the trial court was illegal. Thiruvananthapuram Additional District Judge KK Balakrishnan was transferred as a judge in the third CBI court where the trial was taking place.
Following this, Honey M Varghese had to back from the charge of the CBI court, so it was decided to transfer the trial to the Principal Sessions Court. It was in this situation that the court filed a petition against the change. At the same time, another petition raising a similar demand is also pending in the High Court.
