vIndianz (Dec. 08, 2009) — A city court on Tuesday convicted the lone under arrest accused in the sensational Dhaula Kuan gang rape case in which a Delhi University student was abducted and raped in a moving car in Dhaula Kua neighborhood.
Additional Sessions Judge Neeraj Kumar Gupta held Ajit Singh Katiyar blameworthy under a variety of sections of the IPC dealing with kidnap, rape and criminal intimidation.
The court set December 10 for arguments on the quantum of sentence. The criminal might face a maximum sentence of rigorous life imprisonment.
The court had on Monday postponed till Tuesday its judgment in the case in which a 20-year-old Delhi University girl was abducted and gang raped in a moving car four years ago. Previously on November 30 too, the court had delayed the declaration of verdict.
The DU student, hailing from Mizoram, was abducted at around 0200 hours (IST) on May 8, 2005 while she was on foot back home after buying food from a roadside restaurant along with a friend and was raped by four accused in a moving car near Dhaula Kuan in South Delhi, the trial had said in its argument.
Her friend, by some means, managed to run away from the spot. The victim was later deserted near a Gurudwara in the area. Police, nevertheless, could capture only one of the accused — Ajit Singh Katiyar. The other three accused — Danda, Jat and Tappe — have evaded arrest and were affirmed proclaimed offenders during the trial. Thirty-one witnesses were examined by the prosecution.
Manoj Sharma, Katiyar’s advocate, later told media persons that he was not content with the decision and claimed that the police did not generate convincing evidence against his client.
“I will confront the judgment in the Delhi High Court as it appears that something wrong has been done in the whole episode,” he said.
Katiyar, a driver with a Noida-based call centre, was under arrest five days after the occurrence and was later recognized by the victim in a test identification parade conducted inside Tihar Jail.
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