{"id":43175,"date":"2016-05-29T08:51:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T03:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43175"},"modified":"2016-05-30T04:09:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T22:39:04","slug":"robbery-casedec-16-gangrape-convicts-move-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/robbery-casedec-16-gangrape-convicts-move-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"Robbery case:Dec 16 gangrape convicts move Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40721\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drug-patent-war-fm-auction-coal-ordinance-kept-delhi-hc-busy-2\/delhi_high_court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DELHI_HIGH_COURT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40721 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robbery case:Dec 16 gangrape convicts move Delhi HC\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/DELHI_HIGH_COURT.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbery case:Dec 16 gangrape convicts move Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the 10-year jail term awarded to them by a trial court in a robbery case.<\/p>\n<p>Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were convicted for dacoity and dishonestly receiving stolen property, have alleged that the trial court&#8217;s order was &#8220;bad in law&#8221; and &#8220;against the principle of natural justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the trio, the trial court on September 2 last year had also awarded 10 year imprisonment to convict Mukesh, saying they &#8220;do not deserve any leniency&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It had also imposed a fine of Rs 1.01 lakh each on the four convicts, who are currently lodged in Tihar jail.<\/p>\n<p>The convicts in their appeal, filed through advocate A P Singh, have sought setting aside of the trial court&#8217;s decision saying the judgement did not pay &#8220;heed towards facts produced by the accused persons during the trial of the case&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The plea stated that the prosecution has failed to prove its case and had not placed any material evidence, which could point to their guilt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trial court had passed order (conviction and sentence) without applying its judicial mind and without taking into consideration the facts and documents placed by the convicts on record and has wrongly relied upon the version of the complainant,&#8221; the convicts have said in their appeal.<\/p>\n<p>They have sought bail during pendency of their appeals.<\/p>\n<p>Six persons, including a juvenile, had beaten up and had robbed carpenter Ram Adhar before raping and brutally assaulting a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in south Delhi on the night of December 16, 2012. Thirteen days after the assault, she was transferred to a hospital in Singapore for emergency treatment, but succumbed to her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As per the charge sheet in the robbery case, the police had alleged that bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay, Pawan and Akshay, along with the juvenile, had snatched the 35-year-old carpenter&#8217;s mobile phone and Rs 1,500 after luring him into the bus.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the 10-year jail term awarded to them by a trial court in a robbery case. 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