News for 'criminal assault'

Air India crew 'forced' victim to speak to peeing passenger

Air India crew 'forced' victim to speak to peeing passenger

Rediff.com6 Jan 2023

'I was stunned when he started crying and profusely apologising to me, begging me not to lodge a complaint against him because he is a family man and did not want his wife and child to be affected by this incident'

10,000 cops storm Imran Khan's house in Lahore, dozens arrested

10,000 cops storm Imran Khan's house in Lahore, dozens arrested

Rediff.com18 Mar 2023

The police personnel removed barricades from the entrance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief's residence and removed all camps the PTI activists had erected to protect their leader.

UP cop suspended for beating up man holding kid in his arms

UP cop suspended for beating up man holding kid in his arms

Rediff.com10 Dec 2021

The incident took place outside the district hospital in Akbarpur where the hospital's fourth class employees staged a dharna by putting locks on the OPD on Thursday, Kanpur Dehat SP Keshav Kumar Choudhary said.

Delhi HC sets aside discharge of Sharjeel Imam, 8 others

Delhi HC sets aside discharge of Sharjeel Imam, 8 others

Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

The high court said prima facie charges of rioting and unlawful assembly are made out against nine of the 11 accused, including Imam, Tanha and Zargar.

Former US Olympics coach dies by suicide after being charged

Former US Olympics coach dies by suicide after being charged

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

The two sexual assault charges stem from an incident in 2012, court documents showed.

Crimes against SCs, STs went up in 2020; UP, MP top charts: NCRB

Crimes against SCs, STs went up in 2020; UP, MP top charts: NCRB

Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

Last year, 50,291 cases were registered for crimes committed against Scheduled Castes, an increase of 9.4 per cent over 2019 (45,961 cases). The crime rate had increased from 22.8 per lakh population to 25 per lakh population in 2020, the National Crime Records Bureau stated.

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Rediff.com10 May 2023

A 23-year-old doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district in Kerala allegedly by a man, a school teacher under suspension, who was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members.

Bengaluru nightmare: Street assault caught on camera

Bengaluru nightmare: Street assault caught on camera

Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

In a nightmarish experience caught on camera, five women sitting in a car were stalked and harassed by unidentified men in the heart of the city with their screams for help going unnoticed.

Police arrest Shiv Sena's Pune chief for attack on rival group

Police arrest Shiv Sena's Pune chief for attack on rival group

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

The police have arrested Shiv Sena's Pune city unit president, an office-bearer from Hingoli and four others in connection with an alleged attack on rebel MLA and former Maharashtra minister Uday Samant's car in Pune, an official said on Wednesday.

Probe agencies can't act as per whims and fancies: Delhi court

Probe agencies can't act as per whims and fancies: Delhi court

Rediff.com3 Feb 2023

Investigation agencies cannot act according to their whims and fancies and courts have ample power to check any misuse or abuse of powers by them, a Delhi court has said.

Canada charges 2 in Ripudaman Singh Malik's killing

Canada charges 2 in Ripudaman Singh Malik's killing

Rediff.com28 Jul 2022

The Canadian police have arrested two persons and charged them with first-degree murder in the targeted shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, the Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case that killed 331 people.

Biden signs significant US gun control law

Biden signs significant US gun control law

Rediff.com25 Jun 2022

"God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives," Biden said at the White House as he finished signing the bill.

Rahul Gandhi's questioning: Congress serves notices on 3 ministers

Rahul Gandhi's questioning: Congress serves notices on 3 ministers

Rediff.com16 Jun 2022

The Congress has sought action against Enforcement Directorate officials who 'selectively leaked' to some media houses information related to Rahul Gandhi's questioning, as the party also served a legal notice on three Union ministers over the issue.

How NIA got Jack, John, Alpha, Golf to bring down Yasin Malik

How NIA got Jack, John, Alpha, Golf to bring down Yasin Malik

Rediff.com26 May 2022

'Jack', 'John' and 'Alpha' were among the National Investigation Agency's protected witnesses who helped nail banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik.

SC to hear NCW plea against Bombay HC's skin to skin contact ruling

SC to hear NCW plea against Bombay HC's skin to skin contact ruling

Rediff.com10 Feb 2021

The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a plea filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Bombay high court verdict which said that groping a minor's breast without 'skin to skin contact' cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Greater Noida man held for abducting traffic cop during checking drive

Greater Noida man held for abducting traffic cop during checking drive

Rediff.com19 Oct 2021

A 29-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida has been arrested for allegedly abducting an on-duty traffic policeman, who had stopped him to check the documents of his car, officials said.

Solapur: Man tries to set cop on lockdown duty afire

Solapur: Man tries to set cop on lockdown duty afire

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

The incident took place near Maloli village in Malshiraj tehsil of Solapur on Tuesday night when the constable was asking people to stay indoors, a duty officer at Velapur police station said.

Appeal filed in SC against split verdict in marital rape case

Appeal filed in SC against split verdict in marital rape case

Rediff.com17 May 2022

An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape on a batch of petitions challenging the exception in the law that exempts husbands from being prosecuted for non-consensual sexual intercourse with their wives.

Receiving hate mails asking to recuse: Marital rape amicus curiae to HC

Receiving hate mails asking to recuse: Marital rape amicus curiae to HC

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

The senior lawyer, who contended that the marital rape exception was not constitutional, said that the marital rape exception would be tested on the anvil of its constitutionality and an individual's opinion was not relevant.

Marital rape: Centre seeks more time to respond with its stand on issue

Marital rape: Centre seeks more time to respond with its stand on issue

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

The issue of criminalisation of marital rape involves 'family issues' as well as the dignity of a woman and cannot be looked at from a 'microscopic angle,' the Centre on Monday told the Delhi high court as it said that it was not possible for it to immediately respond with its stand.

Delhi HC to rule tomorrow on pleas to criminalise marital rape

Delhi HC to rule tomorrow on pleas to criminalise marital rape

Rediff.com10 May 2022

The Delhi high court is scheduled to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking the criminalisation of marital rape.

Aditya Pancholi gets 1-year imprisonment

Aditya Pancholi gets 1-year imprisonment

Rediff.com6 Nov 2016

A local court convicted the actor and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbour.

Govt finding new techniques to 'gag' Rahul, will launch agitation: Cong

Govt finding new techniques to 'gag' Rahul, will launch agitation: Cong

Rediff.com25 Mar 2023

Kharge said the BJP made all efforts to get him disqualified as he was speaking the truth.

Marital rape: Misalignment in IPC sections 377 and 375, says HC

Marital rape: Misalignment in IPC sections 377 and 375, says HC

Rediff.com19 Jan 2022

The Delhi high court on Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in 2018, and the rape law that protects a husband from prosecution for a non-consensual sexual act, including unnatural sex, with his wife.

Clarify stand on marital rape criminalisation: HC to Centre

Clarify stand on marital rape criminalisation: HC to Centre

Rediff.com17 Jan 2022

The Delhi high court on Monday asked the Centre to clarify its position in principle on the issue of criminalising marital rape after the government sought time to formulate and place its 'considered stand.'

Punjab police busts terror module handled from Canada, Pakistan

Punjab police busts terror module handled from Canada, Pakistan

Rediff.com23 Sep 2022

The Punjab police on Friday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of two of its operatives.

Police scans Delhi pond for Shraddha's remains; skull parts found in forest

Police scans Delhi pond for Shraddha's remains; skull parts found in forest

Rediff.com20 Nov 2022

According to the sources, police recovered fragments of skull and other body parts, mostly bones, on the third day of extensive searches in the forest areas of Mehrauli and Gurgaon in the Delhi-NCR region.

Naudeep Kaur case: Co-accused's medical report reveals 2 fractures, broken toenail beds

Naudeep Kaur case: Co-accused's medical report reveals 2 fractures, broken toenail beds

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

Shiv Kumar, president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sanghathan, was held a few days after the arrest of labour rights activist Kaur. Kaur was arrested for allegedly gheraoing an industrial unit and demanding money from the company in Haryana's Sonipat on January 12.

Murder case: Olympian wrestler Sushil denied anticipatory bail

Murder case: Olympian wrestler Sushil denied anticipatory bail

Rediff.com18 May 2021

A Delhi Court on Tuesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to absconding Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of a wrestler, saying that he is 'prima facie' the main conspirator and allegations against him are serious in nature.

Delhi court commences trial in Unnao rape case

Delhi court commences trial in Unnao rape case

Rediff.com16 Aug 2019

The court will continue the examination of other witnesses on Monday.

Accused borrowed friend's car hours before Kanjhawala accident: FIR

Accused borrowed friend's car hours before Kanjhawala accident: FIR

Rediff.com3 Jan 2023

The FIR states that the Kanjhawala police station received three PCR calls that the naked body of a woman was found near Hanuman Mandir, Jonti village.

Delhi riots: Police told to conduct probe without influence as per law

Delhi riots: Police told to conduct probe without influence as per law

Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was hearing a petition by the deceased's mother seeking a speedy and proper investigation, said that the case was to be taken seriously and asked the investigating agency to 'take into account' the 'suggestions' by the petitioner in her plea.

Salman Rushdie still in critical condition, but feisty and defiant: Son

Salman Rushdie still in critical condition, but feisty and defiant: Son

Rediff.com15 Aug 2022

The family expressed gratitude to the audience members who bravely leapt to Rushdie's defence and administered first-aid after he was stabbed multiple times at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.

Action in cases of crime against women must: Centre's new advisory

Action in cases of crime against women must: Centre's new advisory

Rediff.com10 Oct 2020

The detailed three-page advisory of the Union Home Ministry came days after the alleged gangrape and murder of a woman at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh sparked nationwide outrage.

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