<p>A fast-track court hearing the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case today abated proceedings against main accused Ram Singh in view of his death in Tihar prison on March 11.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Since the accused (Singh) is dead and the court has also been informed about his death, the proceedings against him are abated (void)," Singh's counsel V K Anand told mediapersons outside the court room.<br /><br />After Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna was apprised about Singh's death, he had sought from the Tihar jail authorities a detail inquiry report which has not yet been submitted.<br /><br />Tihar jail Superintendent of jail no.3, where Singh's body was found hanging, had submitted its preliminary report to the court.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the ongoing in-camera proceedings against the other four accused continued with recording of the statement of the prosecution witnesses.<br /><br />Anand, who is defending Singh's brother Mukesh in the case, today cross-examined B K Mohapatra, Senior Scientific Officer from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).<br /><br />Mohapatra and Rajender Singh, a principal scientific officer-cum-assistant chemical examiner from CFSL, had already been cross-examined by the counsel for accused Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh.<br /><br />The two forensic experts, who had already recorded their statement for the prosecution witness, had provided their scientific support and services during investigation of the brutal assault on the 23-year-old girl and her male friend on a moving bus here.<br /><br />The court has also summoned for tomorrow Rashmi Ahuja from Safdarjung Hospital here, where the victim was initially undergoing treatment, to testify in the case.<br /><br />Ahuja had initially prepared Medico Legal Case of the victim describing the wounds and injuries caused to her during the commission of the crime.</p>
<p>A fast-track court hearing the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case today abated proceedings against main accused Ram Singh in view of his death in Tihar prison on March 11.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Since the accused (Singh) is dead and the court has also been informed about his death, the proceedings against him are abated (void)," Singh's counsel V K Anand told mediapersons outside the court room.<br /><br />After Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna was apprised about Singh's death, he had sought from the Tihar jail authorities a detail inquiry report which has not yet been submitted.<br /><br />Tihar jail Superintendent of jail no.3, where Singh's body was found hanging, had submitted its preliminary report to the court.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the ongoing in-camera proceedings against the other four accused continued with recording of the statement of the prosecution witnesses.<br /><br />Anand, who is defending Singh's brother Mukesh in the case, today cross-examined B K Mohapatra, Senior Scientific Officer from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).<br /><br />Mohapatra and Rajender Singh, a principal scientific officer-cum-assistant chemical examiner from CFSL, had already been cross-examined by the counsel for accused Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh.<br /><br />The two forensic experts, who had already recorded their statement for the prosecution witness, had provided their scientific support and services during investigation of the brutal assault on the 23-year-old girl and her male friend on a moving bus here.<br /><br />The court has also summoned for tomorrow Rashmi Ahuja from Safdarjung Hospital here, where the victim was initially undergoing treatment, to testify in the case.<br /><br />Ahuja had initially prepared Medico Legal Case of the victim describing the wounds and injuries caused to her during the commission of the crime.</p>