The victim's father wrote a letter to the chief justice of the Bombay high court commending Special Judge P.R. Sitre's diligent work on the case and noting how the introduction of a new judge would further delay the 14-year-old case,
The application filed through advocate Shahid Nadeem further stated that many high profile persons are accused in the case and despite the lockdown and efforts of some of the accused to derail the trial, Judge Sitre has examined more than 100 witnesses after he took charge from his predecessor.