New Delhi: Two out of the four accused in the December 16 gangrape on Friday approached the Delhi High Court against the special court order dismissing their plea for trial to be held on alternate days instead of day-to-day basis. On March 28, the special court had dismissed their plea saying "such pleas are made to delay the proceedings."
"Even the prayer that the trial be conducted on alternate days or that the matter be adjourned every time for different dates to enable the counsel to seek instructions from his accused to cross-examine the witnesses, cannot be allowed, as per section 309 (power to postpone or adjourn proceedings) of CrPC," the court also said. Filing a petition through counsel ML Sharma, accused Mukesh and Akshya also sought quashing of FIR and subsequent proceedings on the ground that police had manipulated it as the original complaint was silent about the names of the accused persons.
"All evidence have been procured through torture to implicate the petitioners. They belong to poor family and have no means to fight," the plea said urging the court to quash the entire proceedings arising out of the FIR. The accused also said police failed to provide them the Hindi translated copy of the FIR and chargesheet.
"The accused are Hindi speaking people and it is difficult for them to understand the facts as they don't know English. Petitioner till date never knew what are the true facts as the entire documents are in
07:38 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: One of the four adult accused in the December 16 gangrape case on Thursday alleged before a special court that he is receiving life threats in Tihar jail from a police constable who is continuously abusing him. After being permitted by the court to speak, Akshay Singh, his voice quivering with emotion, told Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Yogesh Khanna that a police constable was threatening to kill him...
09:06 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The fast track court holding trial of the Dec 16 gangrape case, posted for Tuesday, its decision on the bail plea of one of the accused, which was opposed by the investigating agency. ...
10:36 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Actor Ashis Vidyarthi is playing the role of a police officer in the first celluloid depiction of the Delhi gangrape ...
01:01 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Delhi braveheart, who became the focus of women around India and their fight against gender-based violence, was honoured on Friday with a posthumous US "woman of courage" award. The award to the braveheart, who was gangraped in Delhi in December 2012, was presented posthumously by the First Lady Michelle Obama and the Secretary of State John Kerry. ...
08:07 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Nirbhaya, the "Fearless" victim of a gang rape in a Delhi bus, who became the focus of women around India and their fight against gender-based violence, was honoured on Friday with a posthumous US "woman of courage" award. ...
03:05 AM, Mar 09, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented the Stree Shakti Puruskar for 2012 on International Women's Day while thanking women for their contribution in the making of India. ...
02:14 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the government was hopeful about raising Rs 40,000 crore from stake sale in public sector undertakings (PSUs) in the financial year beginning April 1, 2013. ...
02:27 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Aiming to restart the growth engine, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said he will monitor every quarter the investment plans of public and private sector entities that are sitting on huge cash piles. "Each PSU is required to fill up that proforma, tell us what their capex targets are next year. We will monitor them closely beginning from April, 2013. Every quarter I will monitor what they are investing,"...
11:32 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Paying a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart, the government on Thursday announced setting up 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore for safety and empowerment of women. Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given to the victim to hide her actual identity. ...
02:06 PM, Feb 28, 2013
