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Written By: Admin | Updated : July 25, 2013 6:39 PM IST
The verdict on the minor accused in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape here has been reserved till Aug 5. The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which was to have delivered its verdict July 11, had deferred it till Thursday. The verdict on the involvement of the minor accused in the rape case will be delivered Aug 5, JJB defence counsel Rajesh Tiwari said Thursday. The incident occurred in Munirka in south Delhi when a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern was beaten and gang raped in a bus that she and her male companion had boarded. The boy, who was 17-and-a-half-years-old at the time of the incident, has turned 18.
The accused could face a maximum punishment of a three-year stay in a special home, including the time already spent in detention during the board proceedings. On July 23, the Supreme Court asked Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy to inform the JJB that it was seized of his plea that in heinous crimes, the age limit had to be read with the mental and intellectual level of the accused. When informed that the JJB was going to pronounce its order on the juvenile accused July 25, an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said: You can inform them that we are seized of the matter.
Swamy has said in his petition that in the objects of the Juvenile Justice Act, it is stated that it was being enacted in pursuance to the UN convention on the rights of a child but what in effect emerged was a truncated version in which the crucial aspect of the mental and intellectual level of the juvenile accused did not find any mention. The boy has been separately held guilty on robbery charges, the sentence for which will also be pronounced Aug 5.
The victim had succumbed to injuries Dec 29 at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital, where she had been airlifted for specialised treatment. The incident sparked protests across the country with some people demanding the execution of the accused and some calling for chemical castration. Six people - five of them adults - have been charged in the case, which is being heard by a fast-track court here. One of them died during custody in the Tihar Jail.
Delhi Gang Rape Timeline
Dec 16: A 23-year-old physiotherapy student is brutally raped in a bus in Delhi. Victim admitted to Safdarjung Hospital by the police.
Dec 17: Bus driver Ram Singh and two others arrested.
Dec 18: Public sentiment boils over leading to huge demonstrations as protesters clash with police at various places. Fourth accused arrested.
Dec 19: Doctors treating the girl comment about her unstable condition though she manages to communicate with docs by writing.
Dec 20: Students of various universities protest outside CM Sheila Dixit s residence
Dec 21: The fifth accused, a juvenile is arrested and one of the culprits is identified by the victim s male friend in Tihar. Delhi Police starts search operation in Haryana and Bihar for another accused. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman offers victim free intestinal transplant, an offer which is considered a publicity stunt by many since the victim s not stable enough for one
Dec 23: Delhi High Court sets up fast track court
Dec 24: PM Manmohan Singh requests people to keep calm and suffers a major faux paus as he s heard off-camera asking people Thik Hai?
Dec 26: Government decides to fly victim to Singapore for further treatment which raises questions about whether she would survive the journey and why she wasn t taken to a better facility in Delhi like AIIMS which is just around the corner.
Dec 27: She s airlifted to Singapore
Dec 29: She succumbs to her injuries at 4:45 AM
Dec 30: Her body is flown back to Delhi
Jan 1: Special task-force to deal with women s safety in Delhi icreated
Jan 3: A case of rape, murder, kidnapping, destruction of evidence, and attempted murder on the male victim is filed against all the five accused in the case.
Jan 5: Her friend gives an interview to Zee News which documents their ordeal including public and police apathy to their plight
Jan 9: The accused demand legal representation; lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma fights their case
Jan 10: Sharma declares victims were responsible for their predicament.
Jan 28: The Juvenile Justice Board declares that one of the six accused is a minor despite no strong evidence to suggest it. Age-testing is ruled out.
Feb 3: The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013, with suggestions from the Verma Committee Report introduced.
Feb 5: The trial starts
March 11: The main accused, Ram Singh is found hanging in his jail cell that he shared with two other accused.
April 4: One of the accused claims Tihar guards harassing him
April 11: Vinay s counsel claims two of the accused were not present on the bus
May 1: Defence harasses male friend by claiming he s a womaniser
May 10: Vinay and Akshay s advocate AP Singh asks for male friend to undergo polygraph test
June 4: Juvenile accused turns 18 according to school certificate
July 11: Juvenile board defers judgement till July 25 to decide whether to try the minor in the case as an adult or a minor.
July 18: Supreme Court refuses to reduce the juvenile age to 16
With inputs from IANS
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