Nirbhaya gang-rape: Accused face death penalty

The fast-track court has framed charges against the five Delhi gang-rape accused. The trial in Nirbhaya gang-rape case will begin from February 04, 2013. The accused face death penalty.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The five men brutally assaulted and gang-raped a young woman in Delhi on December 16, who died 13 days later in Singapore. (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The counsels for accused and prosecution had earlier concluded their arguments on charges against five of the six accused in the gang rape.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) declared the sixth accused a minor last month, and his case will be heard by the board.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The five accused are: bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, fruit seller Pawan Gupta, gym instructor Vinay Sharma and bus cleaner Akshay Thakur. All of them are now in Delhi's Tihar Central Jail.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The hearing in the case had started on January 21 at the fast-track court which was set up to try the case that had led to a nation-wide outrage against crimes against women.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The accused were formally charged in the Saket court 18 days after they gang-raped and tortured the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in a moving bus, causing multiple-organ failure that led to her death.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

They also assaulted her 28-year-old male friend. Both were thrown out of the bus after around 40 minutes, naked, bleeding and shivering. The friend is the main witness in the case.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

The chargesheet, with annexures, runs into thousands of pages and includes the victim's statement, details of the accused, evidence and forensic reports.  (BCCL/Bhadresh Gajjar)

Police have charged the five accused under 13 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC): sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 376 (2)(g) (gang-rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 395 (dacoity), 396 (murder in dacoity), 365 (kidnapping or abduction with intent to secretly or wrongfully confine a person), 394 (hurting in dacoity), 201 (destruction of evidence), 120B (conspiracy), 34 (common intention), 412 (dishonestly receiving stolen property), and 397 (robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt).  (BCCL/Bhagirath)

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