The Long Trial of Hashimpura and Maliana (1987 till ----) On May 22, 1987 Hashimpura was Surrounded by the PAC and the Army’ The Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on April 19 to file a counter-affidavit in reply to a writ petition (PIL) seeking re-investigation into the alleged killing of 72 Muslims in Meerut’s Maliana village by the UP Provincial Armed Constabulary on May 23, 1987 and into other custodial killings during the 1987 Meerut riots. The trial in the Maliana case has been going on in a Meerut session court for the last 34 years. According to the petitioners, key documents in the case, including the FIR have gone missing. Over 800 hearing dates have been given since proceedings began. The last hearing took place four years ago.