Nirbhaya case: HC seeks CBI’s response on accused plea
29 Nov 2014 6:40 AM IST
Justice Pratibha Rani, refusing an early hearing in the case, asked the CBI to file its response by February 18, 2015.
Accused Mukesh and Pawan Gupta approached the High Court through their counsel ML Sharma saying the DNA test was conducted in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scientific laboratory of the CBI and true photo of the articles used for DNA test was not given to the accused and also not filed in the trial court as well as in the high court in appeal.
It asked the court to direct CBI to provide true copies of articles used for DNA reports to them to advance their arguments in the Supreme Court in their appeals against their conviction and death sentence.
The trial court had awarded death sentence to them and the high court upheld the same.
“True photo of the articles used for DNA test couple with the true copy of the slide of the DNA test of each DNA report is required to the petitioner to ascertain and justify their defense to get justice,” the plea said.
The court had awarded death sentence to Gupta, Mukesh, Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma for the brutal gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on December 16, 2012.
Of the other accused, the juvenile was on August 31, 2013 convicted and sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reformation home by the Juvenile Justice Board, while prime accused Ram Singh was found dead in his cell in Tihar Jail in March last year and the proceedings against him were abated.
Accused Mukesh and Pawan Gupta approached the High Court through their counsel ML Sharma saying the DNA test was conducted in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scientific laboratory of the CBI and true photo of the articles used for DNA test was not given to the accused and also not filed in the trial court as well as in the high court in appeal.
It asked the court to direct CBI to provide true copies of articles used for DNA reports to them to advance their arguments in the Supreme Court in their appeals against their conviction and death sentence.
The trial court had awarded death sentence to them and the high court upheld the same.
“True photo of the articles used for DNA test couple with the true copy of the slide of the DNA test of each DNA report is required to the petitioner to ascertain and justify their defense to get justice,” the plea said.
The court had awarded death sentence to Gupta, Mukesh, Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma for the brutal gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on December 16, 2012.
Of the other accused, the juvenile was on August 31, 2013 convicted and sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reformation home by the Juvenile Justice Board, while prime accused Ram Singh was found dead in his cell in Tihar Jail in March last year and the proceedings against him were abated.
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