BATHINDA, Sept. 26 -- Six days after rejecting the bail application of two vigilantes in the murder case of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, 30, popularly known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, in Bathinda in June this year, the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) has committed the case to the sessions court. Murder cases are exclusively triable by the sessions court.

Hearing the matter on Thursday, additional chief judicial magistrate Gurkirpal Singh Sekhon stated that the matter will now be heard by the sessions court on October 9.

The case against the accused Jaspreet Singh and Nimratjit Singh, both nihangs, was first heard on September 6, and the court committed the case today,which remained uncontested by the accused....