Bombay HC dismisses plea seeking transfer of Lahoriya murder case from one judge to other

Bombay HC on Monday dismissed a petition seeking the transfer of the 2013 Lahoriya murder case from one judge to another.

Bombay High Court has rejected a plea filed by Sandeep Lahoriya to transfer the on-going trial in the 2013 murder of his father Sunil Lahoriya out of Thane Sessions Judge RR Vaishnav's court to any other. Sandeep's plea alleged bias by the judge and said that "the manner in which Judge RR Vaishnav has been conducting the trial, an apprehension is created in the mind of the petitioner that the judge is biased and he is in a hurry to wrap up the trial, as a result of which, procedural and substantive errors are being committed while conducting the trial, which is prejudicial to the prosecution.” Specific instances have been stated in the petition to claim that Judge RR Vaishnav has not been conducting the trial properly and that this has resulted in frequent skirmishes between the special public prosecutor and the judge, which is detrimental to the trial.