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The fate of the eighth accused, a juvenile, was yet to be decided after the crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police moved an application in the high court claiming him to be an adult. It also names head constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta, who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence. Both Raj and Dutta have since been dismissed from the police services. JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Police's crime branch will be submitting its supplementary chargesheet this week before the Pathankot court, which is hearing the gruesome case of rape-andmurder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua this January, officials said here on Sunday.The chargesheet would be submitted this week in which further investigation carried out by crime branch personnel would be presented in the court against the eight people arrested for allegedly committing the heinous crime, they said.Earlier this month, the crime branch had informed the Supreme Court that they would be submitting a supplementary chargesheet in the case. The apex court had given them eight weeks to file it.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra had on July 9 issued a detailed order asking the crime branch to file the supplementary chargesheet within eight weeks after obtaining due sanctions..