Delhi gang rape: Case against Ram Singh abated
14 March 2013 1:07 AM GMT
The proceedings against Ram Singh, the main accused in the brutal gang rape and murder case of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on 16 December 2012, has been abated by a fast track court after his death in Tihar.
'Since the accused (Ram Singh) is dead and the court has also been informed about his death, the proceedings against him are abated (void),' VK Anand, counsel for Ram Singh, told media representatives outside the court room.
After Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna was apprised about Singh's death, he had sought from the Tihar jail authorities a detail inquiry report which has not yet been submitted. Tihar jail Superintendent of jail no.3, where Singh's body was found hanging, had submitted its preliminary report to the court.
Meanwhile, the ongoing in-camera proceedings against the other four accused continued with recording of the statement of the prosecution witnesses.
Anand, who is also defending Ram Singh's brother Mukesh in the case, on Wednesday, cross-examined BK Mohapatra, Senior Scientific Officer from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL). Mohapatra and Rajender Singh, a principal scientific officer-cum-assistant chemical examiner from CFSL, had already been cross-examined by the counsel for accused Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh.
The two forensic experts, who had already recorded their statement for the prosecution witness, had provided their scientific support and services during investigation of the brutal assault on the 23-year-old girl and her male friend on a moving bus.
The court has also summoned Rashmi Ahuja from Safdarjung Hospital on Thursay to testify in the case. The victim was initially undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Ahuja had initially prepared Medico Legal Case of the victim describing the wounds and injuries caused to her during the commission of the crime.
A CRIME MOST HEINOUS
'Since the accused (Ram Singh) is dead and the court has also been informed about his death, the proceedings against him are abated (void),' VK Anand, counsel for Ram Singh, told media representatives outside the court room.
After Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna was apprised about Singh's death, he had sought from the Tihar jail authorities a detail inquiry report which has not yet been submitted. Tihar jail Superintendent of jail no.3, where Singh's body was found hanging, had submitted its preliminary report to the court.
Meanwhile, the ongoing in-camera proceedings against the other four accused continued with recording of the statement of the prosecution witnesses.
Anand, who is also defending Ram Singh's brother Mukesh in the case, on Wednesday, cross-examined BK Mohapatra, Senior Scientific Officer from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL). Mohapatra and Rajender Singh, a principal scientific officer-cum-assistant chemical examiner from CFSL, had already been cross-examined by the counsel for accused Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh.
The two forensic experts, who had already recorded their statement for the prosecution witness, had provided their scientific support and services during investigation of the brutal assault on the 23-year-old girl and her male friend on a moving bus.
The court has also summoned Rashmi Ahuja from Safdarjung Hospital on Thursay to testify in the case. The victim was initially undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Ahuja had initially prepared Medico Legal Case of the victim describing the wounds and injuries caused to her during the commission of the crime.
A CRIME MOST HEINOUS
- Ongoing in-camera proceedings against the other four accused continued with recording of the statement of the prosecution witnesses
- BK Mohapatra, Senior Scientific Officer from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and Rajender Singh, a principal scientific officer-cum-assistant chemical examiner from CFSL, had already been cross-examined by the counsel for accused Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh
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