The top court was hearing a plea filed by Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, seeking speedy investigation in the case.
Two minor sisters were allegedly abducted and one of them was gang-raped by five persons, who also made a video clip of the act and circulated it, police said on Saturday.
District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma held that the objections of the complainant party read like an engrossing thrilling story but were based on mere surmises and conjectures.
Following are the key points of the three criminal law bills, that were passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and seek to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Evidence Act.
Two minors were brutally gangraped in the city, incidents which comes close on the heels of the rape of a four-year-old girl in northwest Delhi last week.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Risako Kawai came out in support of the protesting Indian wrestlers.
Pakistan's Shia Ismaili Muslims on Thursday buried the bus attack victims who were killed by Islamic State militants
The Supreme Court Thursday reserved judgement on appeals against the Bombay High Court verdict which had held that no offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act is made out if there is no direct 'skin-to-skin' contact between accused and the victim.
The Congress has accused Twitter of acting against Gandhi's account under pressure from the government.
The victim was allegedly murdered and later burned in a coal furnace in a village of the Bhilwara district, with locals claiming that she was also gang-raped.
The top court said the probe agency would take the help of professional councillors and qualified child psychiatrist in questioning the victims.
She is being given oxygen through a tube inserted in the windpipe. Her condition is stable but not out of danger, he said.
The Israel Defence Forces on Saturday declared a state of readiness for war following a massive barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and infiltration of Hamas terrorists into Israel, The Times of Israel (TOI) reported.
The international human rights organisation said security forces abused rights using provision contained in special security laws, including POTA.
Bhakshak should create some awareness and maybe raise some compassion towards victims of abuse, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Rahul Gandhi is going to turn 54 and in India political leaders peak when they are around 60.' 'This 'bhai-behen ki jodi' has done a wonderful job for the Congress.' 'Priyanka Gandhi was a very effective campaigner.'
The Goa Children's Court has acquitted Rohit, son of state Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte, on the charge of raping a German minor girl. Rohit was arrested in November 2008 for allegedly raping a 14-year-old German girl and sending her lewd messages. The court acquitted Rohit on Wednesday as the mother of the victim and the girl refused to cooperate with the prosecution. Both have returned to Germany and were not available to testify before the court.
Khan became part of the racket in March 2021, which continued till her death, he said.
"Also, 35 per cent deaths were recorded in the age group of 45-60 years, 10 per cent in the age group of 26-44 years and one per cent each in the age group of 18-25 years and below 17 years," the health secy said.
According to the prosecution, the victims were killed on February 28, 2002, and their bodies burnt with an intention to destroy evidence.
Maharajganj district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's minority cell Masoom Raza Rahi, against whom a rape and murder case was recently filed, has been expelled from the party for six years.
A man has been sent to 10 years in jail for raping his minor neighbour last year by a Delhi court which also directed the state to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the victim for her rehabilitation.
The inquiry committee formed by Jadavpur University to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of a fresher has concluded that the victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging, which included possible sexual abuse.
The plane that took off from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates carrying 303 Indian passengers, including many minors, was grounded at the Chalons-Vatry airport in Marne on Thursday.
He, however, stressed that the incidents cannot be justified and pitched for tough action against the perpetrators.
A minor gangrape victim allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison at her residence in Ahmedabad on Saturday, police said.
The hectic legal proceedings in the Danish woman gangrape case on Thursday took the prosecution by surprise, as the victim who supported the case in the trial court turned hostile in the Juvenile Justice Board where she failed to identify the three minor offenders.
A minor girl was allegedly gangraped in the city by five school students over a month ago and CDs and MMS of the act were circulated, according to an First Information Report lodged by Bihar Women's Commission.
'The most serious issue is that of shooting a lawyer in the chest. That news has been buried.'
The postmortem report of the slain children has revealed that the assailant stabbed the elder brother 13 times and his sibling 11 times, officials said, adding injury marks have been found on the neck, chest and other parts of bodies of the two children.
In a shocking incident, three minor girls were sexually assaulted inside a state-run protective home in Allahabad. While sexual exploitation of minor girls had been going on in the home for quite sometime, the exposure was made on Thursday, five days after one of the victims was picked up for adoption by a family in Allahabad.
A Romanian aircraft carrying 275 passengers, mostly Indians, on Monday left for India four days after they were detained by the French authorities at an airport near Paris over suspected 'human trafficking'.
A case has been registered against the accused persons and the car in which the offence was allegedly committed has been recovered, they said adding the victim has been medically examined.
Four French judges earlier in the day began questioning the passengers detained by the French authorities at Vatry airport, 150 km east of Paris, since Thursday over suspected "human trafficking".
The police had arrested and forwarded a boy to the remand home after the victim alleged he had raped her in Parsudih, on the outskirts of the steel city, a couple of days ago following which the girl was admitted to the hospital by the police.
The body of the girl, possibly between nine and 11 years of age, was found in the bushes in the Pandesara area of the city.
Anjali's friend said she did not inform anyone about the accident as she was scared and feared that she would be blamed for it.
The couple was in a relationship but had a quarrel on Saturday. On Sunday, the victim planned to attend the birthday party of her friend's son but was accosted and stabbed repeatedly. She was also hit with a stone
The assault allegedly took place over playing Hanuman chalisa, a Hindu devotional hymn in praise of lord Hanuman, at a shop in central Bengaluru area.
Two minor girls, including a four-year-old, were allegedly raped in suburban Andheri in separate incidents, police said on Monday.
