Lack of corroborative evidence: HC grants bail in gang rape case

THE Delhi High Court has granted bail to an accused in a gang rape case, citing a lack of corroborative evidence from key eyewitnesses and the prolonged detention of the accused for over seven years.

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Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, presiding over the matter, noted that two primary eyewitnesses, identified as PW4 (Prime Witness) and PW5, did not support the prosecution's narrative. With only 13 of 33 witnesses examined so far, the court emphasized that indefinite incarceration during a pending trial was unjustifiable.

The petitioner, a rickshaw puller, was represented pro bono by advocates Prashant Prakash and Qausar Khan.