Tripura panel to explore option of withdrawing pending criminal cases

Agartala | Thursday | 25th October, 2018

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We did not include any political representative on the committee deliberately, so that everything is conducted in a transparent manner," Nath said. "There are a large number of cases filed in a motivated manner. AGARTALA: With a large number of cases piling up as courts are already under pressure, the government has a set up a four-member committee to examine the feasibility of withdrawing under-trial criminal cases that are pending. If such an application is made before the charge sheet is filed, the accused can be discharged. If a charge sheet has already been filed when the application is made, the accused will be acquitted..