Cops revisit Shakti Mills, scene of the crime, with the accused
Conflict Over Age Records & Police Claims
Sumitra Deb Roy, Bhavika Jain & Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: Two of the five accused in the Shakti Mills gangrape of a photojournalist could actually be minors and there is a possibility that they could be tried under the relatively lenient Juvenile Justice Act.
BMC
records show that one of the accused is a minor born in 1997, but
senior medical officers privy to his age examination said the test
reports have “certified him as a major”. Meanwhile, the family of
another juvenile said they might move an application under the Right to
Information Act for J J Hospital to confirm that their ward is a minor.
They claimed that he had turned 17 a fortnight ago, as reported in TOI
on August 26.
Police have maintained that both are 18. They said
they were going by earlier cases against the two, but are conducting
age tests. If proven juveniles, they would be charged
under the Juvenile Justice Act, and if convicted, face a maximum
three-year probation in a remand home as against life imprisonment under
the regular law.
Gritty survivor leaves hospital The 22-year-old survivor of the gangrape walked out of
Jaslok Hospital on Tuesday night with her head held high. Her family
had decided that she would not wear a veil. Meanwhile, police took the
five arrested accused to Shakti Mills on Wednesday to reconstruct the
crime. P 5
The Times of India, August 29, 2013
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