By SAURABH CHATURVEDI

NEW DELHI--A juvenile court in India Thursday formally charged a teenager alleged to have participated in the New Delhi gang rape in which the victim died of the injuries sustained in the attack, two people dealing with the case said.

The 17-year-old has been charged for offences including kidnapping, robbery, rape and murder, one of the people said. Proceedings to record evidence are scheduled for March 6 and March 12, the person added.

He pleaded not guilty Thursday, said the second person.

Police in New Delhi registered cases against six people, including the juvenile, after the victim, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, was gang raped on a moving bus on Dec. 16. She died on Dec. 29 in a Singapore hospital where she was undergoing specialist treatment.

The other five accused, all adult men, are facing trial in a fast-track court on charges including murder, rape and kidnapping. If proven guilty, they face maximum of life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Lawyers for all the five accused men say their clients are innocent. A lawyer for the juvenile couldn't be reached for comment.

In India, accused aged below 18 years are tried by separate courts called juvenile justice boards.

The minor is being tried by New Delhi's Juvenile Justice Board and faces a maximum term of three years in a 'special home' under India's Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act if he is found to have participated in the crime.

The teenager and the victim can't be named for legal reasons. Media and people not connected to the case aren't allowed to be present in the court room.