Dec 16 gangrape: Accused adopted unique modus operandi: Court

A "unique modus operandi" was adopted by the accused in the December 16 gangrape and murder of 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, the Delhi court today said while holding them guilty of 13 offences.
"Accused persons adopted a unique modus operandi to do the acts," Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said in his judgement.
"They, besides causing external bodily injuries, inserted the rods in abdomen of the victim. They did this act repeatedly and pulled out internal organs even by their hands..." the court noted.
The judge also observed, "The important aspect of this trial is the manner in which both rods and hands were used for damaging the alimentary canal and pulling it out from the body (of the girl).

"This act of complete destruction of the most vital parts of the body can never be termed as intending to cause bodily injuries and rather it will be act done with intention of causing death."
The court noted that the accused were acting in a premeditated manner and deceived the victims into boarding the bus thinking it is going towards their destination and then humiliated and gangraped the girl.
After her body became devoid of any resistance, iron rods and hands were inserted into the abdominal cavity, the court noted.