<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the Ballabhgarh mob lynching case in which 17-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train in June last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and M M Shantanagoudar also stayed the trial in the case till further orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid's father has challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court's November 27 last year order, refusing a CBI probe into the matter, and sought that the accused be booked for offences of hate crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid's father Jalaluddin, through his counsel, had filed the petition on October 26 last year in the high court, seeking a probe by an independent agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Junaid lynching case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had also demanded a stay on the trial in a Faridabad court in connection with the killing of Junaid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid, who had boarded a Mathura-bound train from Delhi, was stabbed to death when he, along with his brothers and cousins, was returning home to Khandawali village after shopping for Eid in Delhi in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His body was dumped near Asaoti village in Faridabad district.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the Ballabhgarh mob lynching case in which 17-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train in June last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and M M Shantanagoudar also stayed the trial in the case till further orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid's father has challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court's November 27 last year order, refusing a CBI probe into the matter, and sought that the accused be booked for offences of hate crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid's father Jalaluddin, through his counsel, had filed the petition on October 26 last year in the high court, seeking a probe by an independent agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Junaid lynching case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had also demanded a stay on the trial in a Faridabad court in connection with the killing of Junaid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Junaid, who had boarded a Mathura-bound train from Delhi, was stabbed to death when he, along with his brothers and cousins, was returning home to Khandawali village after shopping for Eid in Delhi in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His body was dumped near Asaoti village in Faridabad district.</p>