Five men accused of raping a college student in the bus, because it a few hours drive by India's capital was charged with murder, rape and other crimes, can bring the death penalty for them.
Attack caused heated debate in India conventional abuse of women and 23 years old woman, who died at the weekend serious internal injury, leading to a daily protests, demanding to take action.
Tapping have signs of change. Rape, often is ignored, has become the front page news, politicians have called for tougher laws, including the death penalty and chemical castration rapist and sexual assault criminal justice system processing, the government is studying a massive programme of reform. Activists say the rights of women tragedy may mark a turning point.
In the court case often haunted for many years, the government has set up special fast lane court Wednesday against harm to women, and puts forward five charges on Thursday night. The government says it plans to open four and the court's city.
Prosecutors rajiv morley han rape to lodge a complaint, tampering with evidence, kidnapping, murder charges such as man. Control sin book has not been released, he asked a closed test. Saturday is a hearing.
The man was accused of Mr Singh, the bus driver, his brother MuKe assorted singh, clean the bus for the same company, PaWen gupta, fruit suppliers, gram sand the singh, a bus washing machine; D nanostructures · shire MaJianShen coach. They did not appear in court. The authorities have said they would promote the death penalty of man.
The victim's father said he supports the death penalty.
"The most difficult, should be given the most severe penalty," he said, adding that he believed that the new law should be named after his daughter.
The sixth suspects, as a 17 year old, is expected to be listed in the juvenile court trial, including a maximum sentence is three years of reform facilities. Police also detained boss accused him of using false documents for operation license private bus service on the bus.
Hong Kong bar association, said the lawyer also won't because crime nature, defending suspects, but the court appointed lawyers to defend them.
"Strict, rigorous, strict punishment, should give them," shire horse said, "ashimar", an eighteen-year-old students attend Thursday's protest. "There is a very severe punishment India, all people should know that they didn't go to treat women like to treat her."
The woman was attack on December 16 on the bus, and male partner see the evening show after the movie "young Pi" in a high-grade market. The car is chartered bus illegal picked up two passengers, authorities said.
The bus drove wear and the city, even in attack period through the police checkpoints, to be attacked for several hours. They finally had been dumped on the side of the road naked. This woman, his name has not been released, beating with iron, and suffered serious internal injury, and ultimately prove to be fatal.
The attack caused anger, in India, where women are often everything from hiss attack. Many people say that they worry that night outside.
Outside the courtroom, about fifty women lawyers held protests, demanding in the criminal justice system, to ensure the judicial justice for women's wholesale change. A sign of demonstrators, "read" punish the police, sensitive judicial system, eliminate rape.
Indian chief justice Altamas card bill said, the defendant should try to rapidly, but warned that they need to get a fair trial, not will be affected by lynch.
"Let us not to ignore the fact that a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty by," he told reporters, Wednesday, create a new drive court. "Let us balance things, let's not get carried away. In a fair and rapid way to provide justice, such confidence again, and judicial organs is behind the ordinary people.
In many cases even never to court, because intense social pressure to family sexual assault report, this is often accused of female victims. When women do report of rape, police often refuse to submit fees and pressure victims, their attackers reach a compromise.
Try to correct, Sushilkumar hin DE, interior minister announced a special recruitment activities, for the female police officers in the capital on Thursday, and ordered the police station staff at least nine female staff, and make them pay more attention to the needs of women.
There is a sign attitude may change, and, even if there is power of responsibility, the police arrested the leader of the ruling congress party (Thursday) accused him of rape a woman in a village in the early morning in the northeast Assam.
Indian TV screen shows the special field, local women, the people around, peel off his shirt and repeated slapping his face.
Police say the man, bick Mr Singh brahma, visited the village of Santipur Bhutan border, he entered the woman's house, and raped her in 2 screaming, the villagers ran home, and capture man, said GP singh, a senior police officer in the area.
"We are taking attaches great importance to this problem," singh said.
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