Dec 16 gang-rape: HC seeks reply from BBC & documentary maker

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought reply from BBC and the British director of the controversial documentary on December 16 gang-rape case on a plea seeking their prosecution for interviewing one of the convicts who made derogatory statement against women.

A bench of Justice Sunita Gupta also asked the Centre and Delhi police to reply on a plea of convict Mukesh, facing death penalty in the case, who claimed he was compelled by the cops to “speak the written script” prepared by documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ director Leslee Udwin.

The plea, which sought CBI probe, alleged that the film is only “outcome of fraud and conspiracy hatched by the Delhi Police, documentary maker, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and a private news channel with advocate V K Anand, who had briefly represented Mukesh during trial of the case.” 

The court also asked advocate Anand to give his response over the allegation raised by the convict, before April 27. 

Advocate M L Sharma, appearing for Mukesh, claimed that his client was a victim of conspiracy and due to the film, he has been again fixed in the criminal scenario.