A district court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file supplementary charge-sheet by July 4 in connection with the murder of a Class II student at a private school in Gurugram last year.
The CBI was granted more time by Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu after it took note of a fresh plea by the agency stating that the investigation was underway and it needed one-and-a-half months to complete it.
The court also reserved the order on all three appeals filed by the accused for May 21, a prosecution counsel said.
"The CBI said in the court that the agency will take another one and a half months to file the supplementary charge-sheet. The date for filing supplementary charge-sheet and starting the trial in the matter will be decided on July 4," Sushil Tekriwal lawyer of the complainant, said.
Of the three appeals, the first was the accused in the case challenging the juvenile justice board's order declaring him an adult. It further said the trial in the case will begin on July 4.
The second was regarding the fingerprints of the arrested Class 11 student.
In the third appeal, the defence lawyer alleged the CBI kept the boy in custody to question him for long hours and did not follow the time limit advisory.
On February 5, the CBI filed a charge sheet in the case before the court of Additional Sessions Judge which is treating the juvenile accused as an adult for allegedly committing the murder.
The Juvenile Justice Board on December 20 last year held that the teenager would be tried as an adult and directed that he be produced before the Gurugram Sessions Court.