<p>The accused in the December 16 gang rape case were chargesheeted in a court by Delhi Police on Friday in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl.<br /><br /></p>.<p>During a closed-door proceeding, police filed its chargesheet against all the accused before metropolitan magistrate Akash Jain, who also took cognisance of the final report, court sources said.<br /><br />“Cognisance taken. To come for scrutiny of documents and consideration on March 28,” the magistrate said.<br /><br />According to sources, the chargesheet was filed for the offences punishable under various sections, including 395 (dacoity), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.<br /><br />The six accused — bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, Akshay Singh and a juvenile — had allegedly robbed Ramadhar Singh, a vegetable seller, of his day’s earnings after luring him into the bus.<br /><br />According to sources, the proceedings against Ram Singh would be abated as he had allegedly committed suicide inside Tihar Jail.<br /><br />The juvenile, who was acting as the conductor, has been named in this case but a separate chargesheet has already been filed against him before the Juvenile Justice Board.<br /><br />The other four adult accused are also facing trial in the gang rape case before a fast track court and they have pleaded not guilty to the charges framed against them.</p>
<p>The accused in the December 16 gang rape case were chargesheeted in a court by Delhi Police on Friday in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl.<br /><br /></p>.<p>During a closed-door proceeding, police filed its chargesheet against all the accused before metropolitan magistrate Akash Jain, who also took cognisance of the final report, court sources said.<br /><br />“Cognisance taken. To come for scrutiny of documents and consideration on March 28,” the magistrate said.<br /><br />According to sources, the chargesheet was filed for the offences punishable under various sections, including 395 (dacoity), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.<br /><br />The six accused — bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, Akshay Singh and a juvenile — had allegedly robbed Ramadhar Singh, a vegetable seller, of his day’s earnings after luring him into the bus.<br /><br />According to sources, the proceedings against Ram Singh would be abated as he had allegedly committed suicide inside Tihar Jail.<br /><br />The juvenile, who was acting as the conductor, has been named in this case but a separate chargesheet has already been filed against him before the Juvenile Justice Board.<br /><br />The other four adult accused are also facing trial in the gang rape case before a fast track court and they have pleaded not guilty to the charges framed against them.</p>