The Friday morning encounter of all the four accused in the brutal rape-and-murder case of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian last month in Hyderabad triggered a nationwide debate on justice delivery, with one side supporting it as speedy justice and the other raising concerns over 'extra-judicial' measures. Here is a look at the legal status of some rape cases which shook the country.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Juvenile Justice Board be informed not to pronounce its verdict on the alleged role of a minor in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, till it decides a PIL seeking fresh interpretation of the term 'juvenile'.
The court also framed charges for destruction of evidence and under Section 328 (causing hurt by poisoning with an intent to hurt) of the RPC.
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Khandwa MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan had also stirred up a controversy earlier this year when he claimed Pakistan's hand in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two suspects have been arrested and police say the case is a fallout of a monetary dispute.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta issued notice to National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCOCR) and granted it four weeks to file a counter-affidavit in response to the petition.
The Delhi high court on Friday modified its order granting interim bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, serving life term for raping a minor in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in 2017, by asking him to surrender after his daughter's 'tilak' ceremony and then be released again before her marriage.
The murder of Atiq and his brother and the police encounter with his son have raised many questions about the propriety of how crime is tackled by the Yogi government. But Yogi knows he has the support of the people who are fed up with crime holding the state to ransom for decades, asserts Ramesh Menon.
Santosh Gangwar said that a hue and cry should not be created if one or two such incidents rake up in a big country like India.
The minimum punishment in cases of rape of women has been increased from rigorous imprisonment of seven years to 10 years.
After inviting the victim for playing holi and patching up in north Delhi's Burari area.
Three police teams have been formed to apprehend the 2 assailants who shot dead Akhil Gupta, a witness in the rape case against Asaram Bapu in Surat, on Sunday evening.
'She had the courage to not cow down before the entire law and order apparatus, to remain sane and human despite inhuman suffering meted out to her and her family.'
The woman's father died in judicial custody in April 2018.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Juvenile Justice Board to deliver its verdict in the December 16 gang rape-cum-murder case involving a minor.
On interrogation, Mohan, who is an accused in another rape incident, confessed to have killed the girl, Sinha said.
Telangana Police on Friday informed that they have arrested one person in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills last week.
Sources said BJP working president J P Nadda called up Singh to inform him of the party's decision and asked him to make an announcement.
The development comes a day after senior politicians from different opposition parties demanded a free and fair probe into the accident of the Unnao rape survivor and her family.
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Post the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cases of thefts swelled three-fold to 14,818 the previous year as compared to 4,534 such cases registered in 2021.
Vishal had claimed that he was in Meerut and had never visited Kathua when the crime was committed.
On April 15, 2013, the convicts had shoved objects in the victim's private parts and leaving her in a house believing she was dead. The child was rescued 40 hours later on April 17 and had to undergo multiple surgeries at All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Delhi.
A 16-year-old girl who survived an alleged attempt on her life at a village in Unnao recorded her statement before a magistrate on Tuesday, February 23.
Surendra Singh said that children should not be given undue freedom and asked parents not to give mobile phones to them.
Conspirator's family expressed doubt about the credibility of the probe by the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir.
The youth's mother has alleged that her son was killed by the family members and relatives of the woman with him he had a relationship.
Earlier, the Allahabad HC rapped the Uttar Pradesh government saying the law and order machinery and officials were directly under the MLA's influence.
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The controversial issue of Muslim girls wearing 'hijab' in educational institutions, which had hit national headlines last year with a government pre-university college in Udupi banning it inside classrooms, does not appear to be a serious campaign issue for the May 10 elections to the Karnataka assembly.
The BJP cannot afford to alienate the OBCs, who have explicitly voiced their opposition to the Maratha quota.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has found no evidence of murder or sexual assault in its probe into the death of 2 teenage cousins, whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district last May, according to agency sources.
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Chandauli Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal said a team of police had gone to the house of a sand trader in Manragpur village of the Saidraja area on Sunday.
