Polling peaceful in 3 seats, sporadic reports of booth jamming, EVM malfunction
Barring stray incidents, the second phase of polling to three Lok Sabha constituencies went off peacefully, today.
press Trust of India
NEW DELHI, 11 JULY: A Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), trying the minor accused in the 16 December brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl here, today reserved its judgement for 25 July.
The Board presided by Principal Magistrate Geetanjali Goel reserved the verdict after counsel for the accused and the prosecution submitted their clarifications.
The juvenile accused in the case is being tried for the gang rape and brutal assault of the paramedic student in a moving bus here on the night of 16 December, last year. The murder charge was slapped after the victim died on 29 December in a Singapore hospital.
Besides the juvenile, the four adult accused Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur are being tried by a special fast track court.
Proceedings against key accused Ram Singh abated after his death on March 11 when he was found hanging in his cell in Tihar Jail here.
Parents of the gang rape victim were present outside the JJB today. Speaking to media persons, they sought death penalty for the juvenile accused, whom the police in its charge sheet had dubbed as the “most brutal” of all the six accused persons in the case.
According to a police official, the counsel for the juvenile accused submitted some clarifications related to the incident and also claimed that his client was innocent as he was “not present” in the bus on the night of 16 December.
The official said that the prosecution too submitted its reply to the contentions of the accused’ counsel.
He said that the judgement in another case related to robbery of a carpenter on the same night before the accused gang raped the girl has been kept in a sealed cover and will be pronounced later.
The other four accused are also being tried for robbing carpenter Mr Ramadhar on the fateful night.
During the inquiry, the juvenile had denied all charges against him, claiming he was not a participant in the horrendous crime.
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