JAMMU, July 7 -- In a significant development, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has stayed further proceedings before the trial court in the challan filed against JKAS officer Azhar Khan and another government official in FIR No. 245/2025 registered at Police Station Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
Justice M.A. Chowdhary passed the order in petition, wherein the petitioners have sought quashing of Final Report/Challan No. 85/2026 dated June 23, 2026, arising out of the FIR registered on November 10, 2025. The challan is pending before the court of Judicial Magistrate, 3rd Additional Munsiff, Jammu.
The case pertains to the much-discussed incident involving Azhar Khan, then posted as BDO Nagrota, who claimed that he and another o...