Two accused in 16 December gang rape change their counsel
21 March 2013 7:10 AM IST
The Delhi gang rape case being heard by a fast track court here on Wednesday witnessed two of the accused opting to change their counsel.
Mukesh and Akshay Sharma, two of the five adult accused who had allegedly gangraped a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here on 16 December last year, have replaced V K Anand with another advocate M L Sharma to represent them in the case.
Sharma was confirmed as their counsel by Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna who is conducting the proceedings behind closed doors.
Sharma told media persons outside the courtroom that he was appointed as their counsel by the judge after consulting with the two accused and Mukesh's parents. The advocate said he had met Mukesh on Tuesday in Tihar Jail in connection with defending him in the case after his parents approached him. Mukesh's parents came to him saying they had lost hope that their son would be released and had requested him to defend their son, Sharma said.
Sharma said that when he was in Tihar to meet Mukesh, Akshay had also asked him to represent him in the case.
Mukesh and Akshay Sharma, two of the five adult accused who had allegedly gangraped a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here on 16 December last year, have replaced V K Anand with another advocate M L Sharma to represent them in the case.
Sharma was confirmed as their counsel by Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna who is conducting the proceedings behind closed doors.
Sharma told media persons outside the courtroom that he was appointed as their counsel by the judge after consulting with the two accused and Mukesh's parents. The advocate said he had met Mukesh on Tuesday in Tihar Jail in connection with defending him in the case after his parents approached him. Mukesh's parents came to him saying they had lost hope that their son would be released and had requested him to defend their son, Sharma said.
Sharma said that when he was in Tihar to meet Mukesh, Akshay had also asked him to represent him in the case.
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