Charges framed in Rohtak shelter home sexual assault case

All of them have been booked for rape, abortion without consent, voluntarily causing hurt, assault or use of criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, unlawful compulsory labour, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and violation of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.

“We will challenge the order in a higher court. The accused have been falsely implicated,” said Vishal Garg Narwana, counsel for the accused. Most charges are the same as those in the CBI chargesheet submitted to the court in August 2012. However, an additional charge of gangrape was framed against Jai Bhagwan and Satish.

The case come to light on May 9, 2012, after a team from the National Council for the Protection of Child Rights conducted a surprise raid and rescued nearly 120 inmates.