Patna, Feb. 13 -- Following apex court directions, the Patna High Court on Friday ordered for day-to-day hearings in the Munger firing case in which a young man was killed in alleged police firing during an idol immersion procession at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chowk, a lawyer in the case said.
The court directions came after it admitted a criminal writ petition filed by the father of deceased Anurag Poddar, aged 18.
The High Court directed the Bihar government to file its reply to the petition by March 1 and thereafter the petitioner might file his rejoinder by March 9.
Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava said: "Earlier, the High Court had refused to grant urgent hearing in this case, after which the victim's mother filed a petition in the Supreme...