India Gang Rape Accused Plead Not Guilty  Five men accused of
the brutal murder and gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student
on a Delhi bus have denied the allegations.  They pleaded not
guilty after being indicted on 13 charges in a special fast-
track court in the capital.  The defendants are due back in
court on February 5, when the prosecution will call three
witnesses to the formal start of the trial.  The accused, aged
between 19 and 35 and who have been named as Ram Singh, Mukesh
Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta, could face
the death penalty if convicted.  They reportedly filed into the
courtroom with their faces concealed with scarves amid heavy
security.  A sixth 17-year-old suspect will be tried separately
in a juvenile court where the maximum sentence is three years in
a reform facility.  The victim was repeatedly raped and
assaulted with a metal bar during the attack on December 16.
Her male companion was beaten up, before they were both thrown
off a moving bus and dumped naked