The special court hearing the gruesome gangrape and murder of the paramedic in Delhi on December 16 last year, has directed the Delhi University, Ignou and Tihar Jailto make arrangeme nts for one of the accused Vinay Sharma to write his BA first year exams from prison premises.
The court's direction came while dismissing his plea for interim bail to write his first year BA exam to be conducted by the School of Open Learning, University of Delhi scheduled from June 19 to 26. "…Notice be issued to the concerned officer of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, concerned officer of the School of Open Learning, Delhi University and Superintendent, Tihar Jail for making necessary arrangements for conducting examination of accused Vinay at the Ignou centre at the Tihar Jail," vacation judge and additional district judge Neelam Singh said adding, "bail application is hereby dismissed".
On Wednesday, a vacation judge at the Patiala House Court had refused to hear Vinay's plea, saying it had "no jurisdiction" and had asked him to move the concerned court at Saket. Advocate AP Singh, appearing for Vinay, informed the court that though he missed his first paper scheduled on June 19, the police can still make arrangements for him to write it in future if they take permission from the university concerned. Special public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan opposed the one month interim bail plea of Vinay, saying there is an Ignou centre at Tihar Jail and directions be given to the concerned officer of the Ignou and the Delhi University along with Tihar Jail superintendent that the examination of the accused be conducted in the prison.
He submitted that the trial is at the fag end and there is every likelihood that Vinay may flee from justice. Mohan also said if Vinay is allowed to go out to write his examination in judicial custody, a huge amount of security personnel will have to be deployed as he may be attacked due to "social sentiments attached with this case" and "so we can't take any risk". The vacation court at Patiala House, however, had directed them to approach the court at Saket. Besides Vinay, three co-accused — Akshay, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh — are facing trial for allegedly gangraping a paramedic student in a moving bus here. The victim succumbed to injuries on December 29 last year at a Singapore hospital.
