The trial in double murder case Aarushi-Hemraj is set to begin in a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Saturday. The Supreme Court on January 9 had dismissed the plea by Aaruhsi's parents Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar to quash criminal proceedings against them for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj in the year 2008.
However, the Supreme Court had directed that Rajesh Tiwari to be on bail till February 4 when he will face a Ghaziabad court to to face the trial in the twin murder case.
The Apex Court bench of justices A.K. Ganguly and J.S. Khehar passed the directions on a plea by Talwar seeking the continuation of his bail granted in 2008.
The court said that its order allowing the Talwar to remain on bail would not come in the way of both the CBI and the Talwars taking the further steps in pursuance of the on-going trial.
Aarushi, aged 14 years, was found dead in her bed with her throat slit in her parent's residence situated at Noida on May 15, 2008. The family's domestic helper, Hemraj who was initially suspected to be the prime suspect, was also found dead on the residence's terrace a day later.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the CBI to respond to the Talwar's plea to transfer their trial in their daughter Aarushi's murder case from Ghaziabad to a Delhi court.
A bench of Justices of B.S. Chauhan and Jagdish Singh Kehar issued notice to the CBI after the senior counsel Harish Salve told the court that most of the 60 witnesses in the case were residing in Delhi and Rajesh Talwar was facing threat to his life if he attended trial before the Special CBI court in Ghaziabad.
The Supreme Court on January 6, 2012 had cleared the decks for the trial of Talwar couple after it rejected their pleas against the main accused in the 2008 murder case of their 14-year-old daughter in their own flat in Noida.
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