Verdict in Danish woman gang-rape case on June 6

May 26, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:32 am IST - New Delhi:

A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the 2014 Danish woman gang-rape case.

Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar reserved the judgment for June 6 on conclusion of arguments by the Special Prosecutor, Atul Srivastava, and counsel for the six adult accused.

The prosecution argued that it had brought sufficient evidence on record against the accused persons for their conviction.

Mr. Srivastava said that the victim had on her own gone to the police and recorded her statement regarding the assault on her.

The manager of the hotel where she was staying at the time also recorded his evidence in favour of the prosecution. The manager described the victim’s conditions when she left the hotel and when she came back after being assaulted.

Rarest of rare

Though the Delhi Police had requested her to undergo a medical exam, she had fown back to her country as she had booked her ticket in advance. However, it was conducted at Copenhagen by the police there, Mr. Srivastava submitted.

It is also a rarest of rare rape case as there is also an eye-witness to the incident.

A security guard had seen the accused persons assault the victim from a distance of five feet. He also identified them in the court, the Prosecutor further said.

Media pressure

Counsel for the accused submitted that the police had implicated them under media pressure.

He also submitted that the eye-witness had been planted by the police.

The six accused are Mahendra alias Ganja, Mohd Raja, Raju, Arjun, Raju Chakk and Shyam Lal. All of them are in judicial custody.

The Delhi Police have charged the accused persons with robbing and gang-raping the 52-year-old woman at knife point after dragging her to a deserted place near the Divisional Railway Officers’ Club, a few 100 meters from the New Delhi Railway station.

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