Justice for the German tourist who was allegedly raped by the son of an Orissa IPS officer in Alwar is just a day away. An Alwar fast-track court has completed trial and is likely to announce its judgment tomorrow.

The court began hearing the case on March 29, eight days after the complaint against B H Mohanty was filed. And in just five days of trial it has examined 21 witnesses in the case to reach a conclusion.

The prosecution has produced a dozen witnesses, including police officials, employees of a telephone company, the staff of the hotel and the German friend of the victim who alerted his embassy about the incident. The prosecution’s case has been buttressed by the fact that no witness turned hostile.

The accused has denied allegations of rape saying that whatever happened on that fateful night was consensual. The speedy trial would be yet another success story of Rajasthan’s fast-track courts. The courts have already become synonymous with speedy justice. Some of its recent judgments have created ripples with the completion of trials in record time.

n A Jodhpur court awarded life terms to two autorickshaw drivers 20 days after they raped a German tourist on the city outskirts. The police conducted investigations quickly, even getting DNA test results within a week of the incident.

n A Jaipur fast-track court sentenced to death a person accused of raping a minor within 24 days. The high court upheld the judgment but commuted the sentence to life term.

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