Friday, March 1, 2013

LATEST INFORMATION........

Here are the latest developments on the Nirbhaya case front........


# Gang rape and murder charges were ordered to be framed on February 28,2013 by a Juvenile Justice Board against the minor accused of brutally assaulting and raping along with five adult accomplices a 23 year old girl in a moving bus within the national capital on the night of December 16,2012........

# Finding prima facie evidence against the 17 year old juvenile, principal magistrate Geetanjali Goel ordered the framing of charges under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with gang-rape, murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences, attempt to murder, dacoity, destruction of evidence and conspiracy........

# The Juvenile Justice Board has now fixed March 8,2013 as the date for the next hearing and the relevant evidence shall duly be recorded on the same date. The accused can face a maximum punishment of three years under the existing provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act if he is found to be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt......

# Such other charges like robbery, wrongful confinement and destruction of evidence have also been framed against the very same juvenile in another case of robbing assaulting and robbing a vegetable seller who had boarded the same bus before the gang-rape victim and her male friend........

# The panel will commence/begin recording of evidence in the robbery case from March 12, 2013 onwards against the juvenile; the said juvenile has claimed innocence and decided to contest the charges framed/brought against him by the Juvenile Justice Board.........

Stay tuned to the Hyderabad for Change' facebook page for more such updates.........

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