In Brief
A minor girl was allegedly brutally abducted, raped, and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir. Her father filed a writ petition seeking transfer of the criminal trial from the local court to Chandigarh and adequate security for the victim's family, assisting counsel, and witnesses due to concerns about fair trial and safety. The Supreme Court directed interim measures providing continuous security to the victim's family in plain clothes, security for assisting counsel and witnesses, and strengthened security at the juvenile detention facility, while deferring the substantive question of trial transfer pending the State's reply."
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