As reported by PTI Sep 1, 2010
A fast track trial court today recorded final statements of five of the six accused in the TISS rape case.
In the statement recorded under section 313 of CrPC, the accused denied all the allegations leveled against them for raping a US national, studying at the TISS institute, in April last year.
“The five accused told the court that they had gone out with the girl for partying and then returned to the house of one of the accused. They denied having raped her,” defence lawyer Rohini Salian said.
Six students – Vinamra Soni (23), Harshavardhan Yadav (22), Jaskaran Singh (21), Dev Colabawala (21), Anish Borkatki (21) and Kundanraj Borgonain (22) were arrested in April soon after the alleged incident.
According to the police, on April 12 last year, the victim had gone to a party with a hostelmate and six of her male friends. The group had snacked and consumed liquor at Deonar”s Cafe XO after which she, along with her male friends, went to Andheri. She was allegedly raped at Borgonain”s rented flat there.
The girl”s statement blames Soni as the main culprit who spiked her drink and raped her along with the other accused.
The court will record the statement of Borgonain on September 3.
