The trial in the December 16 gangrape case will enter its final leg with the defence beginning argument in the matter from Tuesday. The Delhi Police on Monday concluded its arguments in the December 16 gangrape and murder trial against the four adult accused in the case, saying it had all the evidence to prove them guilty.
Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan, appearing for the Delhi Police before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna on Monday, said that the evidence produced on behalf of the accused were fabricated and introduced during the trial.
“I have placed…a complete and comprehensive case for the prosecution. I have proved the bus route and also the presence of the accused (one of them is a juvenile) in the vehicle, which is supported by electronic and medical evidence. It is also proved that the accused committed rape upon the victim, which can be established from the DNA report and also the presence of blood stains on their clothes, which matched with the victims (the girl and her male friend). The rods (which) were used to assault the victims and the dumping spot was also proved by witnesses,” Krishnan said, adding there was enough evidence to hold the accused guilty of the crime.
According to the prosecution, Ram Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh and the juvenile, who was tried by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), had allegedly gangraped a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus after luring her and her 28-year-old male friend, who was also assaulted on board.
The victim’s friend, a software engineer, fractured his limbs in the incident. The girl succumbed to her injuries on December 29 last year while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital.
During the trial, Ram Singh was found dead in Tihar Jail on March 11 and court proceedings against him stand abated. The sixth accused, a juvenile, has been held guilty by the JJB of robbing the carpenter who had boarded the bus prior to the rape with the verdict on him in the gangrape case likely to be pronounced on August 31. Krishnan, who began final arguments on August 22, on Monday said that the evidence produced on behalf of each of the accused “was vague to say the least”.