Geetika suicide: Kanda charged with rape, abetment of suicide


May 10 (IANS): A Delhi Court Friday framed charges against ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda for raping and abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma.

District Judge S.K. Sarvaria also framed charges of abeting rape and suicide of Geetika against Kanda's employee Aruna Chaddha.

They have also been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act for hacking of computer and sending offensive or false messages.

"Prima facie charges under sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 468 (forgery with intention to cheat), 469 (forgery with intention to harm reputation) and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) are made out against Gopal Kanda and Aruna Chadha," the court said.

"Further, prima facie charges under sections 376 (rape) and 377 (unnatural sex) are made out against Kanda and charge under section 376 read with 109 (abetment to rape) is made out against Chadha," said the district judge, who after framing charges, sent the matter for trial before the fast track court dealing with sexual offence cases.

The court has fixed the matter for May 27 for recording of prosecution's evidence.

From now on, the name of the victim cannot be mentioned in future as the court Friday converted the suicide case into a sexual offence case.

The Delhi Police in its chargesheet had not invoked offences of rape and unnatural sex against the accused.

Geetika, 23, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room at her Ashok Vihar house in north Delhi on August 5 last year.

She left behind two suicide notes blaming Kanda and Chaddha, a former official in Kanda's now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked. Both are now in judicial custody and have denied any involvement in the suicide.

  

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  • abdulla, india

    Sat, May 11 2013

    This is just one off case- tip of the ice berg.
    wake up india- wake up media- wake up janatha.
    Do not let anyone be it pm or president- to let you taken for aride.
    No one is above law.
    Now is the time to get after all tainted officials at every level.
    Anna Hazare- kejriwal- kiran bedi-bhushans were very right.
    Theseguys are abusing and misusing the power of their seats and hand in glove with all govt machinery are busy hoarding money-wealth-property-gold at whose cost?
    Nation needs to grow -nation needs to prosper-so let every ed individual has to justify his position like any private company -he has to bring in ressults -sweat off the brow -work hard as per rules - work dedicated for the people -nation comes first and not you? the individual.
    Look at china-where they reached .
    how ? they have not come from heaven.
    you can see the growth-progress and now prosperity.
    nothing comes easy or short cut or jugaad.
    work with TOTAL DISCIPLIN E-INTEGRITY-HONESTY-TRANSPARENCY-
    THERE IS STILL TIME FOR KALIYUGA.
    Give everyone a target to meet with results.
    convert india a a FACTORY OF THE WORLD -
    Focus on work only - building Economy-employment-
    Make india asolid powerful nation on earth -it cannot happen with ministers working for them selves rather than the nation.
    No one is above law.
    Where is the conscience?
    when 500 million indians are still poor.
    Janath has to keep a tight vigil and a leach on all elected members.
    media has to play a mega role to keep the public informed of the truth .
    Media is already doing a great job.but we need actual facts and not exaggeration.
    Let us live in a physical - action oriented india.
    lay a good foundation with fear of GOD and not money or materialistic wealth.

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  • Veerappa. D . N, Madikeri

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Kanda is a pukka rogue. Hang him till death under new anti-rape Law.

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  • JOeal, BVR

    Sat, May 11 2013

    I started feeling that the judicial system is started to wake up from its deep sleep... there is some movements happening... hope that It will start giving fare justice....

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