<p class="title">The Supreme Court will take up a plea alleging torture of Talib Hussain, key witness in the shocking Kathua gang-rape and murder case, by Jammu and Kashmir Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee considered the submission of a close relative of Hussain, seeking urgent hearing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lawyer Sunil Fernandes mentioned the plea filed by a relative of Hussain, an activist of Bakarwal community, seeking protection for him in police custody. The plea alleged that Hussain was brutally beaten up in a fake rape case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A habeas corpus petition (plea to produce body) was filed by a cousin of the witness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior advocate Indira Jaising, counsel for the petitioner, said Hussain has been subjected to torture in Sambha in the state and sought "judicial intervention".</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court will take up a plea alleging torture of Talib Hussain, key witness in the shocking Kathua gang-rape and murder case, by Jammu and Kashmir Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee considered the submission of a close relative of Hussain, seeking urgent hearing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lawyer Sunil Fernandes mentioned the plea filed by a relative of Hussain, an activist of Bakarwal community, seeking protection for him in police custody. The plea alleged that Hussain was brutally beaten up in a fake rape case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A habeas corpus petition (plea to produce body) was filed by a cousin of the witness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior advocate Indira Jaising, counsel for the petitioner, said Hussain has been subjected to torture in Sambha in the state and sought "judicial intervention".</p>
