<div>The district and sessions court in Pathankot today framed charges against seven of the eight accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. The eighth accused in the case is a juvenile. </div>''<div></div>''<div>The trial in the case began on the 31st of last month with the seven accused being produced before the district and sessions judge after after the Supreme Court shifted the hearing outside Jammu and Kashmir.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The case was transferred by the Supreme Court from Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in Punjab for a fair trial following a plea by the victim's family.</div>