Dec. 16: Prosecution evidence over
The fast-track court completed recording of the evidence of the prosecution in the December 16 gangrape-murder case as the cross-examination of the last prosecution witness, the lady investigating officer (IO), concluded on Monday.
Additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna fixed July 10 to begin recording of the statements of the accused who will explain the circumstances appearing in the evidence against them in response to queries put by the judge. “Now the statements of the prosecution witness stands closed,” the court said.
The woman S-I posted said she arrested accused Pawan Gupta and seized the clothes worn by him on the night of the incident. “Accused Pawan Gupta was arrested on December 18, 2012. Five police personnel were with me when I arrested Pawan. I recorded the disclosure statement of Pawan in the police station,” she said, deposing as the 80th witness for the prosecution.
Asked why she has not shown recovery of Pawan’s clothes on December 18 after his arrest, the IO said that due to some other formalities in the same case related to the arrest of other accused, the recovery was done at his instance on the next day.
Explaining further, the woman S-I posted at Vasant Vihar police station said, “We had to produce accused Ram Singh (since deceased) in the court and other formalities had to be done. So, the accused (Gupta) was kept in the police station and that his disclosure was recorded in the night time and hence the recovery was done at his instance on the next day.”
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