Special Court Set Up for Case

RETURN\\The Italian marines—who refused to return to India after travelling home to vote for their National Election in March 2013—arrived in India at the end of March ending a bitter stand-off between the two concerned countries. The Supreme Court had on February 22, 2013, allowed the marines to go to Italy for four weeks to cast their vote in the general elections there. They were to return on March 22, 2013. On March 11, 2013, Rome had informed New Delhi that they would not be returning to stand trial. But after pressure from India, Italy sent them back. The marines were charged in India for killing two fishermen. Italy said its marines were on antipirate duty aboard a cargo ship off India’s coast in February 2012 when the fishermen were killed. In Rome, the two men, allegedly appeared before a military prosecutor who questioned the two. Supreme Court of India had indefinitely extended its order barring the Italian Ambassador from leaving the country after Italy refused to return the marines to India. Italy’s foreign ministry has called that court decision a clear violation of diplomatic relations. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Patiala House Court will hold trial of the two marines, Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, high court sources said.