Delhi Police missed Murder Charge in gang rape chargesheet

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday admitted that it had missed out on mentioning the most serious charge of murder in the chargesheet against the accused in the gang rape-cum-murder case and played down the mistake claiming “it was a typo error”.

“We have mentioned section 302 IPC in the chargesheet and also in the concluding portion where we seek their trial for the offences of murder and under other sections.” Delhi Police said.

“We want to move an application to correct the mistake. It was a typographical error,” Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan said.

The judge, however, said there was no need for any such application as the chargesheet will be read as a whole.

“Why do you want to move an application for this? You have written section 302 IPC in the chargesheet. It will be read as a whole. No need to change the cover,” the judge said.

The five accused to be chargesheeted are Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh and their accomplices Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur.