<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today sought the response from the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged fake rape case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">   </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of senior advocate Indira Jaising that Hussain had been brutally tortured in police custody and judicial intervention was needed.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The bench asked the state government to file the response in a week and asked the lawyers to serve a copy of the petition on the advocate general of the state. The bench posted the matter for further hearing on 21st of this month.</span><br />''  <br />