Man Wants To Dig Out Body Of Son Killed In Encounter. Plea In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was told the only need to exhume the body was to perform the last rites of Aamir Magrey, who was killed along with three others in the encounter.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on June 27 a plea filed by a man seeking a direction to exhume the body of his son, who the police had called a terrorist and was killed in an encounter in November 2021, and hand it to his family for last rites.

A vacation bench of justices CT Ravi Kumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia was told by senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for Mohammad Latief Magrey, that a single judge bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had allowed the exhuming of his son's body but it was later stayed by a division bench.

He said that his client has supported the Army all through his life, and the only need to exhume the body was to perform the last rites of his son Aamir Magrey, who was killed along with three others in the encounter.

Advocate Grover sought urgent listing of the plea, saying that with every passing day, it would get more difficult to exhume the body and that he has several judgements of the top court in his favour.