Uber withdraws plea from Delhi HC against ban on plying

January 06, 2015 12:13

US-based cab service provider Uber today withdrew its plea from the Delhi High Court against the ban on its plying after driver Shiv Kumar Yadav was accused of raping a 27-year-old woman executive.

A Delhi court had taken cognizance of the chargesheet filed against the driver during a court hearing yesterday.

The court also extended the judicial custody of arrested accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, till Wednesday.

Yadav, who was driving the cab, had allegedly raped the woman on the night of December 5, last year when the victim, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi's Inderlok area. He was arrested on December 7.

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