A city court hearing the December 16 gang-rape case directed the Tihar Jail Authority to provide CD of the CCTV cameras of the jail number four and seven where accused Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur have been lodged. Vinay has alleged that he was assaulted by other jail inmates when his right hand was fractured on Friday while Thakur has alleged that he is facing life threat in the jail. Both the accused appealed the court to provide CD.
Meanwhile, Vinay Sharma moved a fresh application on Tuesday in which he sought a direction to IGNOU from the trial court to provide him a copy of the examination schedule for the first year of BA course. AP Singh, counsel appearing for Sharma said, "Vinay had taken admission in first year of BA programme of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in August last year." Singh also told the court that Vinay is yet to receive the exam schedule, therefore, the university should be directed to allow him to prepare for his examination. Earlier he had sought the permission of the court for attending a competitive exam of Indian Air Force (IAF).
AP Singh, counsel for Vinay said, "Exam was conducted in a tight security. Tihar Jail Authority has permitted a writer for Vinay as his hand was fractured."
Meanwhile, a constable of Delhi Police was cross examined by defense counsel. During the trial, the constable told the court that Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta were arrested near Ravidas Camp on December 18. He added that the deceased accused Ram Singh had told about the involvement of Vinay and Pawan and police was indicated by Ram Singh.
So far, chief examination of 65 prosecutions out of 90 has been completed in the case. 53 witnesses have been cross examined by all defense counsel while 12 have been examined by one or two counsel. During the proceedings, Additional Session Judge (ASJ) Yogesh Khanna expressed unhappiness over the accused' counsel proceeding slowly and asked the prosecution to supply the court the list of witnesses, who were yet to be cross examined by the defense.