Swargate Assault: Datta Gade Seeks Acquittal After a Year, What's Next?

• Datta Gade, accused in the Swargate assault case, has filed an application for acquittal in the Pune Sessions Court, a year after the incident.
• The incident involved a young woman being raped twice inside a Shivshahi bus at Swargate depot on the same day a year ago.
• Police filed an 892-page charge sheet against Gade within 52 days, including statements from 82 witnesses and five recorded in court.
• Evidence includes Gade's positive sexual potency test, his hair and a shirt button found at the crime scene, and a palm-sized bus ticket.
• CCTV footage from Swargate ST stand also places Gade at the scene, strengthening the police's case.