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Court for in-camera hearing, media restrained from reporting

New Delhi, Jan 7 :Amidst high drama and commotion over providing counsel for the accused, a local court today ordered in-camera proceedings and a ban on media coverage of the case of the gangrape and

PTI Published : Jan 07, 2013 16:59 IST, Updated : Jan 08, 2013 0:02 IST
Chief Minister of Delhi state Sheila Dikshit, front left, gestures to pacify agitated protesters heckling her when she came to express her sympathy with them after the death a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
The order was passed on an application moved by Special Public Prosecutor Rajeev Mohan, who expressed apprehensions over the safety of the under trial prisoners.
Earlier, the lockup incharge of the court said he was unable to bring the accused to the court for want for safe passage or room in the court hall.



Challenging the order, some lawyers moved the District Judge R K Gauba praying for setting it aside. Gauba issued a notice to the Delhi Police and posted the matter for Wednesday (January 9). The trial court judge has posted the next hearing in the main case on January 10.


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