The fourth accused, Kasim Bangali, is the eldest of the five accused and was the one who sexually assaulted the victim twice, the police said
The court directed the Centre and the state government to communicate its order to the respective departments and listed the matter for hearing on June 2.
Cases of incest rape have "increased by 30.7 per cent from 309 cases in 2008 to 404 cases in 2009", said the 'Crime in India-2009' report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The court has issued summons to Bhandarkar for October 18.
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday reiterated his demand for stringent punishment to those accused in rape cases.
Based on a complaint, a case was registered at the women's police station in Indore. However, considering the seriousness of the offence, the police registered it as a 'zero' FIR and sent it to the Dhar police for action.
People, carrying "Not In My Name" placards and forming human chains, protested across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Goa and Kerala.
Police and FSL are now awaiting the DNA test reports of the four accused arrested in the case, he said.
It's not that rapes are happening only in Uttar Pradesh. On Tuesday alone, four rape cases were reported across Rajasthan. The rape victims in the desert state include two minor girls, an elderly woman, a child and a transgender.
In a significant ruling, the Madras high court has held that a rape case cannot be quashed even if the victim 'resiles' from her allegations as the offence was not against any individual but against the state.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to stay the process issued against national award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar by the lower court, which has directed him to face trial in the rape case filed by actress Preeti Jaiin.
Serena Williams has apologised for comments she made in a forthcoming interview in which she appeared to assign blame to the 16-year-old victim in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case for being drunk.
A Kandhamal court on Monday posted the next date of hearing in the alleged nun rape case to December 6, after the Orissa police failed to file a chargesheet in the case.No application has been filed from the nun's side. The police made the first arrest in the case on October 3. The alleged rape victim did not attend the TIP on November 10 and November 19 on health grounds.
When the prime minister of India arrives in a city and summons the city's police commissioner, divisional commissioner and district magistrate to be briefed about the police action taken in the horrifying case of a young woman being raped by multiple men over 23 days, is he sending a message to the chief minister of the state about law and order in the province?
Aaditya Thackeray refuses to comment on the Disha Salian case, while Nitesh Rane insists the matter is not closed and justice will be served.
Odisha Police detained several Congress workers ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on Friday.
After Monday's hoarding crash in which at least 14 people died, he has been absconding, while a case under IPC section 304 (causing death by negligence) was registered against him at Pantnagar police station in the city.
The court convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child.
A group of nuns of Kuravilangad convent in Kottayam district of Kerala, who have been standing with the survivor in her fight, were on the verge of tears when they said they were yet to believe such a verdict came out from the court and they did not know what has happened.
Delhi police arrest 13 individuals, including minors, for the murder and sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy, allegedly in retaliation for informing on a rival gang member.
The complainant had alleged that the actor had raped her 19 years ago.
This comes days after a 23-year-old woman from Jaipur has alleged that Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Minister for Public Health Engineering, raped her on multiple occasions over a year, following which the Delhi Police has registered a zero FIR initially.
Over 24,000 cases related to rape and sexual harassment are pending in the Supreme Court and various high courts of the country, with Uttar Pradesh leading the tally with 8,215, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
The expelled BJP MLA is accused of raping the woman in 2017. He is also facing murder charges as the woman was hit by a truck in July. Her two aunts were killed in the accident.
Bijal Joshi was gang-raped in Ashoka hotel of Shahibaug area of Ahmedabad on the night of December 31, 2003. She later committed suicide on January 7, 2004 by hanging herself in the room. The quantum of sentence will be announced later in the day by the court.
M C Mary Kom, who is also a sitting Rajya Sabha MP, said the alarming increase in the number of rapes in the country has left her feeling "hurt and helpless" while star shuttler Saina Nehwal condemned the 'ghastly crimes'.
The Kerala high court on Monday adjourned to March four the hearing of the bail pleas of 17 accused in the Suriyanelli rape case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien.
The Pune police on Friday night arrested main accused Subhash Bhosale in the gang-rape case involving a 25-year-old married woman. Bhosale, who reportedly drove the car in which the woman was abducted on Thursday evening and subsequently raped by two other accomplices, is a history-sheeter wanted in many offences, and was held late on Friday night, police said on Saturday.
The Maharashtra legislative assembly was on Monday informed that there were 1,704 incidents of rape in the state in the year 2012, out of which 924 victims were minor girls.
The order was passed by Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra on a revision petition filed by two persons who moved the court, challenging the order of a Special Judge of Kasganj by which the court had summoned them under Section 376 of IPC apart from other sections.
The accused hospital staffer arrested in flight steward sexual assault case watched porn videos before and after committing the crime, Gurugram police said on Saturday.
The TMC distanced itself from the comments of the two leaders and termed them as their personal statements.
Responding to a discussion during Zero Hour in the Lower House, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was falling short of words to condemn the heinous crime.
The police have registered a case against a woman and three others after she allegedly levelled a "fabricated" gang-rape charge in an attempt to grab property.
Legal experts had deplored the observation of the Allahabad high xourt on what constitutes a rape charge, calling for a restraint by judges and underlining the drop in public confidence in the judiciary due to such statements.
Barnala, who is currently out on bail, was present in the Court. The SAD MLA from Dhuri was arrested on August 12 after his maid charged him with raping her.
Six people, including a minor, were arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old college student for several days and videographing the act in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said on Friday.
"My husband left for Moscow on January 25. Since, the morning of January 26, the accused saw me alone and were trying to get too friendly with me to which I was not comfortable with," the lady, who is a doctor by profession, told PTI.
The chargesheet filed at the Ernakulam judicial magistrate court claims that there is digital evidence against Mukesh in the case.
A man who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune's Swargate bus station was detained in Shirur Tehsil on Friday, police said.
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