SC to hear petition tomorrow on Kathua rape case witness allegedly being thrashed in police custody

Family members of Talib Hussain, a Kathua rape case witness and an activist for the Bakarwal community, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking his protection urgently, alleging that he has been brutally beaten up in police custody in what they say is a fake rape case. A bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee agreed to hear the petition on Wednesday after Hussain's advocate Sunil Fernandes requested an urgent listing.

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