The Kathua case is the January 2018 abduction, rape and murder of an eight-year-old Bakarwal girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Supreme Court moved the tri…
Bakarwal girl, aged eight.
Local police taken off the case.
Marches for the accused.
A coalition under strain.
Eight accused, four police.
Protests across India.
Accepted the next day.
Rs 10 lakh each for naming her.
In camera, day to day.
Fear and fair trial cannot co-exist.
Kathua one of several rifts.
Five political dates.
One accused acquitted.
Three life terms, three of five years.
POCSO and IPC 228A.
Not a finding of guilt.
Slow progress since.
Appeal listed for September.
Finish trial within a year.
From Kathua to the appeal courts.
Appeals and a trial still open.
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