India, Nov. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that heinous cases are crimes against the nation and trials in these should conclude within six months, directing the Centre to present a concrete action plan within a month on setting up exclusive courts for this purpose .

A bench headed by justice Surya Kant said, "We want all trials in heinous cases to be completed in six months. The heinous offences which are a crime against the nation should be completed expeditiously so that no accused makes a hue and cry for bail."

The court was hearing two petitions, one from a Maoist sympathiser facing a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the other a Delhi gangster , seeking bail citing long pendency of their trials.

The ben...