Cops to seek trial of minors as adults
New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Delhi Police are likely to approach the court to request that three minors, accused in the gang-rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Swaroop Nagar, be tried as adults, according to two senior officers aware of the case, who added that the charge sheet in the case will be filed in a week.
Police said the 19-year-old accused was sent to judicial custody following interrogation on Friday, and the three minors were produced before the juvenile justice board, which sent them to a correction home. They said that despite recovering a few documents to establish the minors' ages, they are also considering a bone ossification test to avoid any lapse during proceedings, one of the officers said.
"We are in the process of preparing a watertight charge sheet, which we plan to submit in the court within a week. We will also request the court to try the three alleged juvenile accused as adults, as they are aged 16 and 17 and their crime falls under the heinous category," the officer, requesting anonymity, said.
The four teenagers are accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, an acquaintance, in the early hours of September 11 and then stabbing her at least six times when she threatened to report them to the police. Her body, in a mutilated condition, was found two days later in an open field near Kushak Road.
Police said they are trying to ascertain why the family did not file a missing person's complaint.htc...
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