Summary:
Tank’s mother Kaushalya Devi had approached the Supreme Court to file a special leave petition to record the statement of Akash after the sessions court and the Punjab and Haryana high court declined her petition.The Supreme Court had directed the trial court to allow Akash to depose within a month of the next hearing. FAZILKA: One of the prime witnesses in the Bhim Tank murder case, Akash, recorded his statement in the local additional district and sessions court on Thursday, sealing the fate of prominent liquor contractor and SAD leader Shiv Lal Doda in the case. Akash said he met Tank, who told him that Doda’s henchmen had called them to his (Doda) Ramsara farmhouse to work out a compromise over a strike. The accused had challenged the permission to produce Akash as witness in the final phase of the trial. However, the duo was attacked with sharp-edged weapons, recalled Akash..