The sessions court in Mumbai is likely to pronounce the verdicts in the cases related to two gang-rapes that took place at the Shakti Mill premises in Mumbai last year, leading to a countrywide outrage.

"The court is likely to pronounce the verdicts today," said the special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

The first case pertains to the gang rape of a 22-year-old magazine photo journalist who had gone to the Shakti Mills compound in Central Mumbai with a male colleague on an assignment on August 22, 2013.

Five men, (including a juvenile, whose case was separated) are accused of raping her there after assaulting her colleague.

The accused in this case, namely, Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, Salim Ansari and Siraj Rehman (and the minor boy), are charged with rape, conspiracy, common intention, unnatural sex and offences under the Information Technology Act.

The other case is of an 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang-raped by five persons (including three of the accused in the first case) on the same premises on July 31 last year.

The accused in this case are Mohammed Ashfaq Sheikh, Mohamed Kasim Hafiz Sheikh alias Kasim Bengali, Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav and a minor. The minor's case was separated.