This is what the Delhi High Court said today on the gang-rape.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the gang-rape of the 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, the Delhi High Court today pulled up the city police asking how the offence remained undetected.

"This incident is of great concern for all the citizens of the capital city as it relates to the safety particularly of women and girl children in Delhi," a bench headed by Chief Justice D Murugesan said and asked city Police Commissioner to file a detailed status report within two days.

The court was anguished over the non-implementation of the Supreme Court order on complete ban of vehicles with tinted glasses and asked the counsel for the Delhi Police to explain as to how it has not been implemented so far.

"There are two important questions. The first is the investigation in the case and the second is the preventive measures. We want to know what preventive measures have been taken by the police to prevent such incidents," the bench said. "The court on its own motion has listed the matter," the bench said.

Asking the police to file a status report, the bench said that the probe must be "of high standard" and the final chargesheet "has to be" filed only after its perusal by this court.

The court also expressed surprise as to how the bus, having tinted glasses, kept plying on Delhi roads for 40 minutes during which the sexual assault of the girl remained undetected. "We are at loss to understand as to how the bus could
evade surveillance for 40 minutes...," the bench said.