Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gang-rape on Monday claimed before the Delhi High Court that police had registered the FIR on the basis of a false story narrated by the girl’s male friend against them.
Appearing for convicts Mukesh and Pawan Kumar Gupta before the bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani, which is holding hearing on the confirmation of death sentence to the four, advocate Ml Sharma alleged that police had registered the FIR on the basis of the statement given by the friend of the girl but not by her. Contending that the present FIR and the subsequent proceedings against his clients were illegal, he also said that prosecution had failed to videograph the girl’s statement in hospital and police had not given any justification why the girl’s complaint wasn’t registered.