Hathras rape and murder | SC/ST court acquits three, holds one guilty of culpable homicide
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras rape and murder | SC/ST court acquits three, holds one guilty of culpable homicide

The Hindu  

An SC/ST court in Hathras on Thursday acquitted three out of four accused persons, and convicted one person for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, in the case involving the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl. The victim’s family is likely to approach the Allahabad High Court against the verdict. We will move our appeal on the lower court’s verdict at the Allahabad High Court,” Mahipal Singh, the lawyer representing the victim’s family, said outside the Hathras court. The Uttar Pradesh administration’s high-handedness in the handling of the incident led to a massive uproar with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reaching the victim’s village to meet the family.

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Trial Judge Upholds Acquittal of 4 Men in 2009 Rape Case
2 months ago

Trial Judge Upholds Acquittal of 4 Men in 2009 Rape Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the acquittal of 4 men in connection with an alleged rape case dating back to 2009. The court found that the victim appeared to be a consenting party based on the evidence presented during trial. The court also referred to the Apex Court's judgment in Shailendra Rajdev Pasvan v. State of Gujarat, (2020), which …

Hathras stampede: 11 accused appear in court, next hearing on August 23
4 months, 1 week ago

Hathras stampede: 11 accused appear in court, next hearing on August 23

The Hindu  

All 11 accused arrested in connection with the July 2 Hathras stampede, which claimed 121 lives, appeared before a local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on Monday. The district court has set August 23 as the next date of hearing in the case, Mr. Singh told reporters. Mr. Singh also reiterated the conspiracy theory in the case, alleging some 15-16 …

U.P. government still not relocated family of Hathras gang-rape victim, Allahabad HC told
5 months ago

U.P. government still not relocated family of Hathras gang-rape victim, Allahabad HC told

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court has been recently informed that the family members of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2020, face difficulty in their daily movement due to security concerns which prevail as the Uttar Pradesh government has not complied with the court order for their relocation. Amid the security concerns that arise as the accused …

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli

News 18  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging Allahabad High Court’s order acquitting Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. On October 16, the high court pronounced verdicts on several appeals filed by Koli and Pandher, who were awarded the death penalty by the trial court. Reversing the death sentence given to Koli in 12 cases …

Hathras gang rape: Justice for the Dalit victim and her family is crucial
1 year, 8 months ago

Hathras gang rape: Justice for the Dalit victim and her family is crucial

Hindustan Times  

The gang rape and murder of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district sparked nationwide outrage, but earlier this month, three of the four accused men were acquitted of all charges. Why were sections 3 and section 3 of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act not invoked, despite the victim’s statement given to the …

Hathras Crime : Supreme Court Dismisses UP Govt's Plea Challenging HC Direction To Give Job To Family Member Of Victim
1 year, 8 months ago

Hathras Crime : Supreme Court Dismisses UP Govt's Plea Challenging HC Direction To Give Job To Family Member Of Victim

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh challenging the Allahabad High Court's direction to consider giving job to a family member of the Hathras crime victim and to relocate the family from Hathras.At the outset itself, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala …

Hathras Verdict: Was the Accused on Trial, or Was It the Victim?
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras Verdict: Was the Accused on Trial, or Was It the Victim?

The Quint  

There is no requirement of a court order to conduct medical examination of a suspected rape survivor. It is conventional wisdom that a victim of sexual assault may experience emotional trauma in which case, she has to be provided with immediate professional counselling. Various circulars issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs emphasise quick actions in cases concerning crime against …

What's The Truth of Hathras? Here Are The Questions The Court Verdict Answers And The Ones It Raises
1 year, 9 months ago

What's The Truth of Hathras? Here Are The Questions The Court Verdict Answers And The Ones It Raises

News 18  

It was a love affair gone horribly wrong for reasons no one knows, it was not murder as the intention was not to kill the girl, and she lied in some measure in her dying statements — this is how a court last week settled the 2020 Hathras case. But the court flagged the possibility of the girl being influenced …

'Got the justice a Dalit deserves': Hathras victim's family after 3 accused walk free
1 year, 9 months ago

'Got the justice a Dalit deserves': Hathras victim's family after 3 accused walk free

India Today  

A court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday convicted a person and acquitted three others in the Hathras rape-murder case. The SC/ST court convicted the prime accused, Sandeep Singh, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, while the remaining three accused were acquitted. Whatever the court’s decision, we believe that all …

Hathras Case| No Medical Evidence Of Gang Rape, Victim Was Possibly Tutored; Can’t Say Prime Accused Intended To Kill Her: UP Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras Case| No Medical Evidence Of Gang Rape, Victim Was Possibly Tutored; Can’t Say Prime Accused Intended To Kill Her: UP Court

Live Law  

Convicting one person in the Hathras alleged Gang Rape & Murder case, the Uttar Pradesh Court, in its judgment noted that since the entire case had assumed political undertones, it was possible that the victim had made allegations of gang rape against the 4 accused after being tutored by her family members and other people who had been coming to …

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 03, 2023 17:50 IST On March 2, 2023, an SC/ST court in its verdict in the highly publicised Hathras case of 2020 dropped the charges of rape against the four accused men in the case. But a video of the victim shot outside a local police station went viral later, in which she can be heard telling …

Hathras case: Why court dropped rape charges, convicted 1 and acquitted 3
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras case: Why court dropped rape charges, convicted 1 and acquitted 3

India Today  

A court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday convicted a person and acquitted three others in the Hathras rape-murder case. Here's why the court dropped rape charges in the Hathras case. As per the court, the victim and her mother did not disclose sexual assault to doctors at the time she was hospitalised on September 14, 2020. READ | From delayed …

Hathras Case: Sole Convict Sandeep Sisodia Sentenced To Life Imprisonment By UP Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras Case: Sole Convict Sandeep Sisodia Sentenced To Life Imprisonment By UP Court

Live Law  

A Court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras District today sentenced the sole convict in September 2020 alleged Gang Rape and Murder case to life imprisonment. J. Hathras, Judge Trilok Pal Singh pronounced the verdict today convicting Sandeep Sisodia for the offences of Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder under the Indian Penal Code and for offences under the SC-ST Act. Calling …

Hathras: 3 acquitted, 4th guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras: 3 acquitted, 4th guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Hindustan Times  

A special court on Thursday acquitted three accused in the case related to the alleged rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras in September 2020 and convicted the main accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act. The case put under the spotlight vulnerability of …

Hathras case: UP court drops gang-rape charges as it convicts 1, acquits 3
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras case: UP court drops gang-rape charges as it convicts 1, acquits 3

India Today  

A district court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday acquitted three of the four accused in the September 2020 Hathras gang-rape and murder case. The UP court also acquitted three of the four accused in the case while convicting the prime accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. As per the court's …

Hathras case: Convict Sandeep gets life imprisonment, three other accused acquitted
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras case: Convict Sandeep gets life imprisonment, three other accused acquitted

India Today  

Hours after delivering the verdict in Hathras rape-murder case, the SC/ST court on Thursday announced the quantum of punishment for one accused, Sandeep, who was guilty of the crime. According to the 167-page judgement passed by Hathras court, convict Sandeep was given life imprisonment under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code and SC/ST Act provisions. The case pertains to …

Hathras rape-murder case: Court acquits 3, holds one guilty
1 year, 9 months ago

Hathras rape-murder case: Court acquits 3, holds one guilty

India Today  

An SC/ST court on Thursday held a person guilty and acquitted three others in the Hathras rape-murder case. Out of the four accused – Sandeep, Ravi, Luv Kush, and Ramu – the court held that Sandeep was guilty of the crime. HATHRAS RAPE CASE In September 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was raped and critically injured at Boolgarhi in Western …

‘Crime is grave’: UP govt opposes bail plea of Lakhimpur Kheri case accused
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Crime is grave’: UP govt opposes bail plea of Lakhimpur Kheri case accused

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, news agency PTI reported. Ashish Mishra is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The Supreme Court later reserved its order on the plea …

"Consider Relocating Hathras Victim's Family Members Within State, Providing Govt Job To 1 Family Member": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
2 years, 4 months ago

"Consider Relocating Hathras Victim's Family Members Within State, Providing Govt Job To 1 Family Member": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to consider giving employment of one of the family members of the Hathras Gang rape Victim under the Government or Government Undertaking commensurate with the qualification possessed by them.The bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Jaspreet Singh further directed the government to consider their relocation to any other. The …

[42 Yr Old Murder Case] "Guilt Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Order
2 years, 5 months ago

[42 Yr Old Murder Case] "Guilt Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Order

Live Law  

Holding that the prosecution could not prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal order passed by the trial court in a 42-year-old murder case.The Bench of Justice Om Prakash-VII and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari was essentially dealing with a Government appeal filed against a 1985 jdgment. Holding that …

Hathras Gang Rape Case: Allahabad HC Seeks Details Of Scheme For Relief & Rehabilitation Of Atrocity Victims Under SC/ST Act
3 years, 2 months ago

Hathras Gang Rape Case: Allahabad HC Seeks Details Of Scheme For Relief & Rehabilitation Of Atrocity Victims Under SC/ST Act

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to specify details of the Scheme as envisaged under Sub Section 11 of Section 15-A of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 read with Rule 14 of The SC/ST Rules, 1995.This particular subsection makes it the duty of the concerned State to specify an appropriate scheme to ensure. …

Hathras rape: A year on, still living in fear, buried under social stigma
3 years, 3 months ago

Hathras rape: A year on, still living in fear, buried under social stigma

Hindustan Times  

Hathras: His phone was buzzing. “People would look at us like we had done something wrong, and said we targeted innocent boys,” said the mother of the victim. But nobody believed us.” On October 27 that year, the Supreme Court ordered that central paramilitary forces be posted for the family’s security. These are all distraction tactics.” 4 The victim family’s …

Saki Naka rape case can't be compared with Hathras incident: Shiv Sena
3 years, 3 months ago

Saki Naka rape case can't be compared with Hathras incident: Shiv Sena

India Today  

A day after the BJP accused the Maharashtra government of not focussing on law and order following the death of the Saki Naka rape victim, the Shiv Sena raked up the Hathras incident to hit back at the party. In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena said the Saki Naka rape case cannot be compared with the Hathras …

Hathras Gang Rape Case: Allahabad HC Refuses to Stay Trial in Special Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Hathras Gang Rape Case: Allahabad HC Refuses to Stay Trial in Special Court

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court has declined to stay the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of a young woman in Hathras being conducted by a special court in the district or move it to elsewhere. In compliance with the order passed by the high court on March 19, 2021, two reports on behalf of the CRPF and …

Hathras rape case: Allahabad HC refuses to stay trial in special court
3 years, 3 months ago

Hathras rape case: Allahabad HC refuses to stay trial in special court

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court has declined to stay the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of a young woman in Hathras being conducted by a special court in the district or move it to elsewhere. In compliance with the order passed by the high court on March 19, 2021, two reports on behalf of the CRPF and …

Man held for rape, murder of 10-year-old in UP's Hathras
3 years, 3 months ago

Man held for rape, murder of 10-year-old in UP's Hathras

India TV News  

The Hathras police have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly raped and killed a 10- year-old girl. Hathras Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal said the incident took place on Monday when the accused was visiting his sisters for Raksha Bandhan. The girl's body was found near a canal on Monday and an FIR lodged on the basis of a complaint …

Gang Rape- "Traditionally Women Are Unsecured, Deprived Of Equal Rights & Tyrants Take Undue Advantage Of It": Allahabad HC Denies Bail
3 years, 4 months ago

Gang Rape- "Traditionally Women Are Unsecured, Deprived Of Equal Rights & Tyrants Take Undue Advantage Of It": Allahabad HC Denies Bail

Live Law  

Observing that in villages, towns, and semi-urban areas, there is no effect of women's awakening going on for centuries but traditionally women are unsecured, deprived of equal rights, deprived of the right to redress injustice, the Allahabad High Court recently denied bail to two gang rape accused. The Bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav also made a mention of the …

Hathras Victim's Lawyers Call For Afresh Departmental Inquiry & Penal Charges Against Police Officer
3 years, 5 months ago

Hathras Victim's Lawyers Call For Afresh Departmental Inquiry & Penal Charges Against Police Officer

Live Law  

In the Hathras Rape Case, the lawyers on behalf of the victim have called upon the Director-General of Police on Saturday for afresh departmental inquiry against Circle Officer Ram Shabd in conformity with the rule of law and principles of natural justice.Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover, through the representation, called upon to invoke penal laws for. In the Hathras Rape Case, …

SC Takes Exception to Chhattisgarh High Court's Verdict Mentioning Victim's Name in Rape Case
3 years, 5 months ago

SC Takes Exception to Chhattisgarh High Court's Verdict Mentioning Victim's Name in Rape Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court has taken exception to a judgement delivered by a sessions court in Chhattisgarh in which the rape victim's name was mentioned and said that all subordinate courts should be careful while dealing with such matters. The apex court said this in the order by which it rejected the plea filed by a convict who was challenging the …

Allahabad HC May Shift Trial as Hathras Victim’s Kin Threatened
3 years, 9 months ago

Allahabad HC May Shift Trial as Hathras Victim’s Kin Threatened

The Quint  

The family and counsel of the 19-year-old Dalit girl who succumbed after being allegedly gang-raped by four Thakur men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras were charged at and threatened in open court on 5 March, LiveLaw reported. The Lucknow bench of the High Court has also said that it will consider staying or transferring the trial out of the western UP …

Hathras murder case shows UP govt's claims about improved safety for women are tenuous
3 years, 9 months ago

Hathras murder case shows UP govt's claims about improved safety for women are tenuous

Firstpost  

In the nearly four years that the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has been in power, a recurring point of criticism against it has been its handling of crimes against women. In the Aligarh case, even as the girl’s body was reportedly found in a semi-nude condition in a field, the police have said that the postmortem report has …

Hathras horror: Out on bail, sexual assault case accused kills survivor’s father
3 years, 9 months ago

Hathras horror: Out on bail, sexual assault case accused kills survivor’s father

India TV News  

A man who was granted bail in a sexual assault case allegedly shot dead the survivor's father in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, news agency ANI reported. Hathras Police chief Vineet Jaiswal said that families of girl and Gaurav were hostile to each other. Police said that one person has so far been arrested in the case and teams have …

After yet another shocker from Hathras, here's a look at the brutal rapes that rattled Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 9 months ago

After yet another shocker from Hathras, here's a look at the brutal rapes that rattled Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

The murder of a man whose daughter was allegedly sexually harassed by the accused in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh has again brought the focus back on crimes against women in the state. Hathras had earlier shot to national infamy after a 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by four upper caste men and the police's handling of the case, …

District Magistrate Who Was Allegedly Responsible For Post-Midnight Cremation Of Hathras Victim, Transferred By UP Govt
3 years, 11 months ago

District Magistrate Who Was Allegedly Responsible For Post-Midnight Cremation Of Hathras Victim, Transferred By UP Govt

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday transferred, along with 16 other IAS officers, Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar to Mirzapur in the same capacity. It is important to note that the Allahabad High Court had specifically asked the Senior Counsel appearing for the State Government as to whether it was fair and reasonable to allow the District Magistrate to …

Hathras case: Accused was frustrated after victim ignored him, says CBI charge sheet
4 years ago

Hathras case: Accused was frustrated after victim ignored him, says CBI charge sheet

India Today  

The key accused in the gruesome Hathras rape and murder case was frustrated as the victim had ignored him, the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation says. FRUSTRATED ACCUSED According to the CBI charge sheet, one of the four accused in the case, Sandeep, was in a romantic relationship with the victim. As per the charge sheet, …

'Her dying declaration hasn't gone in vain': Hathras victim's family after CBI chargesheet
4 years ago

'Her dying declaration hasn't gone in vain': Hathras victim's family after CBI chargesheet

India Today  

Her dying declaration has not gone in vain," said the Hathras case victim's teary-eyed sister-in-law as the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet against the four men accused of the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman. The Hathras rape victim's dying declaration on September 22, where she said that she was raped, was made the prime basis …

Hathras victim was gang-raped, murdered: CBI
4 years ago

Hathras victim was gang-raped, murdered: CBI

The Hindu  

The CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet against four accused persons for the gang rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras in September. Hathras gang rape | A long caste feud, a horrific crime, and a sudden cremation On October 1, Uttar Pradesh’s Additional Director General of Police Prashant Kumar said the forensic report from …

Hathras case: Allahabad High Court Expresses Concern Over No Action Against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar
4 years, 1 month ago

Hathras case: Allahabad High Court Expresses Concern Over No Action Against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar

Live Law  

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar for fairness of the probe.The state government, however, assured the court of a decision in this regard by November 25, the next date of hearing in the …

Allahabad court to monitor probe into Hathras rape and murder
4 years, 1 month ago

Allahabad court to monitor probe into Hathras rape and murder

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday left it to the Allahabad high court to look into all aspects of the 19-year-old Hathras dalit girl’s gang-rape and murder case, including monitoring the investigation by the CBI, protection of the victim’s family and witnesses. Noting that the crime occurred within the jurisdiction of Allahabad high court and that Lucknow bench of …

[Breaking] Hathras Case: Supreme Court Orders CRPF Protection To Victim's Family And Witnesses [Read Judgment]
4 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] Hathras Case: Supreme Court Orders CRPF Protection To Victim's Family And Witnesses [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, while disposing petitions connected with Hathras gang-rape and murder case, has directed that the security to the victim's family and the witnesses shall be provided by the CRPF within a week.The CJI SA Bobde led bench said that it is 'convinced that steps have been taken by the State Government to make adequate arrangement for security to …

Hathras case: Supreme Court directs Allahabad HC to monitor CBI probe, provision of security to victim’s family
4 years, 1 month ago

Hathras case: Supreme Court directs Allahabad HC to monitor CBI probe, provision of security to victim’s family

Firstpost  

The apex court passed the order while hearing a batch of pleas that claimed a fair trial was not possible in Uttar Pradesh as the probe has allegedly been botched up New Delhi: The CBI investigation in the Hathras case, in which a Dalit girl was allegedly brutally raped and died of injuries, will now be monitored by the Allahabad …

Allahabad High Court to Monitor CBI Probe Into Hathras Case, Says Supreme Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Allahabad High Court to Monitor CBI Probe Into Hathras Case, Says Supreme Court

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court will monitor the CBI probe into the Hathras case in which a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by 4 upper caste men and then succumbed to her injuries. The lawyer, appearing for the victim’s family, had told the apex court that trial in the case be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh to a court in …

[Breaking] Hathras Case : Supreme Court Asks Allahabad High Court To Monitor CBI Probe [Read Judgment]
4 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] Hathras Case : Supreme Court Asks Allahabad High Court To Monitor CBI Probe [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Allahabad High Court to monitor the ongoing the CBI probe into the Hathras gang-rape and murder case.As regards the plea for transfer of trial outside the State of Uttar Pradesh, the CJI-led bench stated that the question of transfer is left open until the investigation is completed.The bench also took note of the …

Supreme Court orders CRPF security to Hathras victim's family as confidence building measure
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court orders CRPF security to Hathras victim's family as confidence building measure

India Today  

The family of the Hathras rape victim will now be provided security by the Central Reserve Police Force. "On the aspect relating to the investigation, since we have indicated that the Allahabad High Court would look into that aspect of the matter, the CBI shall report to the high court in the manner as would be directed by it through …

6-Yr-Old Raped, Set on Fire in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Two Men Held
4 years, 2 months ago

6-Yr-Old Raped, Set on Fire in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Two Men Held

The Quint  

The victim's father is a migrant laborer who was earning his living in the same village. According to the police, Gurpreet took the 6-year-old to their house and allegedly raped her, while his grandfather 'helped' to reportedly kill and burn the minor's body. Taking a dig at Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “A 6-year-old …

Patna HC Acquits Rape & Murder Accused Who Was Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]
4 years, 2 months ago

Patna HC Acquits Rape & Murder Accused Who Was Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Patna High Court acquitted a rape and murder accused setting aside the death sentence awarded by the Trial Court.Ajit Kumar was convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 363, 366A, 120B, 302, 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 finding him guilty of kidnapping and raping a …

Hathras Case Mishandled at Thana-level, Yogi Adityanath Did the Right Thing by Forming SIT: Amit Shah
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras Case Mishandled at Thana-level, Yogi Adityanath Did the Right Thing by Forming SIT: Amit Shah

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday backed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s decision to form a Special Investigation Team in the alleged rape and murder of a Dalit girl in Hathras. In an exclusive interview to Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, Shah said the mishandling in Hathras case was at ‘thana level’ and not at the level of the government. …

Hathras: SC reserves order on transfer of trial
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras: SC reserves order on transfer of trial

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea by the family of Hathras gang-rape victim seeking the transfer of the trial to Delhi while making it clear that it does not intent to interfere with Allahabad high court that is dealing with the matter. Chief Justice Sharad A. Bobde, heading a bench also comprising Justice …

Hathras gangrape: Let Allahabad HC deal with case, says SC on PILs demanding trial outside UP
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape: Let Allahabad HC deal with case, says SC on PILs demanding trial outside UP

Firstpost  

Senior advocate Indira Jaising, representing one of the intervenors, demanded an ‘intensive monitoring’ of the case by a Constitutional court, and that a special public prosecutor should be appointed by the apex court in the case New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Allahabad High Court be allowed to monitor the Hathras rape case. At the outset, the …

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