<p>The sessions court here is on Thursday likely to pronounce the verdicts in cases related to two gang-rapes that took place at the Shakti Mill premises here last year. “The court is likely to pronounce the verdicts today,” said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first case pertains to the gang-rape of a 22-year-old magazine photojournalist who had gone to the deserted Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai with a male colleague on an assignment on August 22, 2013. <br /><br />Five men (including a juvenile, whose case was separated) have been accused of raping her there after assaulting her colleague.<br /><br />The accused — Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, Salim Ansari and Siraj Rehman (and the minor boy), are charged with rape, conspiracy, common intention, unnatural sex and offences under the Information Technology Act.<br /><br />The other case is of an 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang-raped by five persons (including three of the accused in the first case) on the same premises on July 31 last year.<br /></p>
<p>The sessions court here is on Thursday likely to pronounce the verdicts in cases related to two gang-rapes that took place at the Shakti Mill premises here last year. “The court is likely to pronounce the verdicts today,” said special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first case pertains to the gang-rape of a 22-year-old magazine photojournalist who had gone to the deserted Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai with a male colleague on an assignment on August 22, 2013. <br /><br />Five men (including a juvenile, whose case was separated) have been accused of raping her there after assaulting her colleague.<br /><br />The accused — Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, Salim Ansari and Siraj Rehman (and the minor boy), are charged with rape, conspiracy, common intention, unnatural sex and offences under the Information Technology Act.<br /><br />The other case is of an 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang-raped by five persons (including three of the accused in the first case) on the same premises on July 31 last year.<br /></p>