Shimla, May 23 -- A member of a division bench of Himachal Pradesh High court hearing the criminal appeal filed by convicted Nilu in the Gudiya rape case on May 19 has decided to recuse from matter, as per an order uploaded on the high court website.
The division bench of justice Ajay Mohan Goel and Justice Bipin Chandra Negi was scheduled to hear an appeal filed against convicted Nillu on May 19, but Justice Goel decided to recuse.
"A one-page order states that the matter is likely to be assigned before another bench, in which one of us (Justice Ajay Mohan Goel) is not a member, at the pleasure of the Chief Justice," the order stated.
A short order uploaded on Himachal Pradesh High Court website states that in the matter of Anil Kumar Ni...