Well, I took a step and got the solution for this. the raw parameter actually has the raw JSON payload. In the controller part I have handled it via a select event.
onSelectIssueShowComments : function(selection,record, index, eOpts) {
this.getComments().setRecord(record.raw);
}
I the view part
tpl : [ '<p>Previous Comments: ', '<tpl for="comments">',
'<p>{#}. {description} {commentDate}</p>', '</tpl></p>' ],
setRecord : function(record) {//this record here is record.raw
this.record = record;
if (record) {
this.update(record);
} else {
this.update(' ');
}
}
So it displays the array of comments in a Panel.