New Delhi: A fast-track court here here has paved the way for the trial from Tuesday of five men accused of gang-raping a woman in a moving bus on December 16, 2012, by framing charges against them.
Additional Sessions Judge Yogendra Khanna on Saturday framed the charges of murder, gang-rape and kidnapping, among others, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused.
The five accused are Ram Singh, a bus driver, and his brother Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, a fruit seller, Vinay Sharma, a gym instructor, and Akshay Thakur, a bus cleaner. They are currently lodged in Tihar Jail. (IANS)
