Hathras case: Bail hearing of one of the four accused adjourned

AGRA: A special SC/ST court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the anticipatory bail plea filed by one of the four accused, Ramu, in the Hathras gang rape and murder case of 19-year-old girl. The next hearing is scheduled on January 29.
Talking to the media, victim’s lawyer Seema Kushwaha, said that Ramu had moved a bail application in the court but due to strike, the case has been listed next week.
The victim’s elder brother also reached the court. Last month, the CBI had filed a chargesheet in the court of special judge (SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act) BD Bharti in Hathras and invoked charges against 4 accused — Sandeep, Ravi, Ramu and Lovekush.
They have been charged under sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape), 376A (punishment for causing death of resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim) and 376D (gang rape) of the IPC, and under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act (offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of ten years or more against a person on the grounds that the person belongs to an SC or ST community). The CBI had registered the case on October 11 and started investigating two days after that.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)