Kochi, Jun 10 The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed till June 15 the trial proceedings in the 2018 Mattannur Shuhaib murder case.
Justice G Girish passed the interim order on a plea by three of the accused in the case, including Akash M V, against a sessions court order dismissing their petition to transfer the trial to a different court.
The High Court asked the prosecution to indicate its stand on the accused's plea by June 15, the next date of hearing.
Youth Congress leader S P Shuhaib was allegedly hacked to death at Edayannur near Mattannur on February 12, 2018, by CPI(M) sympathisers.
There are 17 accused in the case. The case attracted significant attention after Shuhaib's family and the Congress approached the Kerala High Court seeking a CBI probe.
The plea was dismissed by both the High Court and the Supreme Court.
Recently, the Additional Sessions Court conducting the trial had cancelled the bail granted to the accused. However, the bail was later restored after they approached the Kerala High Court.
