New Delhi, Feb 9: The Supreme Court on Friday said, it would hear on February 12, Monday, the plea filed by Lt Col Karamveer Singh, the father of Major Aditya Kumar, seeking quashing of the FIR (First Information Report) registered against his son in the alleged Shopian firing incident case.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, said, we would hear the petition of Lt Col Karamveer Singh on February 12, Monday.
Lt Col Karamveer Singh, a Kargil war veteran, had moved the apex court against the FIR lodged by the Jammu and Kashmir Police against his son Major Aditya Kumar in Shopian firing incident in which two civilian died.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police had registered the FIR against Major Aditya Kumar under section 307 of the Ranveer Penal Code (RPC) for his alleged involvement in the Shopian firing incident case in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
"The police named my son (Major Aditya Kumar) as an accused in the Shopian firing case, knowing fully well that he was not there and the Army personnel present there were doing lawful duty & were forced to take actions for protection of the government property and buildings without any excessive use of force," the petition of the father claimed. UNI
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