Young suspect expected at India gang-rape hearing
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Ajay Prakash Singh (centre) lawyer for two of the accused, speaks to the journalists outside the Saket district court complex where the accused in a gang rape are to be tried, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, Jan 14, 2013. Defence lawyers say a suspect in the gang rape and slaying of a young woman on a New Delhi bus will appear in a hearing intended to determine whether he is a juvenile. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW DELHI (AP) - Defence lawyers say a suspect in the gang rape and slaying of a young woman on a New Delhi bus will appear in a hearing intended to determine whether he is a juvenile.
If the suspect is 17, as he claims, he will be tried in a juvenile court and face up to three years in a reform facility if found guilty. A conviction as an adult could bring the death penalty.
The hearing is expected to be on Tuesday, defence lawyers said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of a judge's gag order on the case.
Five men also have been charged in the case, though one of them also claims to be a minor.
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