The Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad, which is hearing the Attappady Madhu lynching case, deferred the resumption of the trial to September 13. The court was to resume the trial on Saturday.
The court was in media focus ever since it started the trial on June 8. The prosecution as well as Madhu’s family had raised concerns as witnesses started turning hostile one by one. As many as 13 witnesses have turned hostile so far.
The court stopped the trial on August 10 when the Special Public Prosecutor Rajesh M. Menon moved the court seeking cancellation of the bail granted by the High Court to 12 of the accused in the case.
