Victim Of False Rape Accusation: Chennai Court Awards Man Rs 15 Lakh As Compensation Who Faced Trial For Over 7 Yrs
4 years, 1 month ago

Victim Of False Rape Accusation: Chennai Court Awards Man Rs 15 Lakh As Compensation Who Faced Trial For Over 7 Yrs

Live Law  

A Chennai court has awarded ₹15 lakh as compensation to a man named Santhosh, who was arrested on charges of rape and was made to face trial for over 7 years. The XVIII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai Dr. R. Sathya Santosh was hearing a suit filed by the plaintiff, Santosh under Order VII, Rule 1 CPC for directing the defendants to jointly and severally to pay him, a sum of Rs.30, 00,000/­ as damages and for cost. The Case went for trial, and the court directed the taking of blood samples with precaution and the result of the DNA test reported that the plaintiff was not the father of the child and the said report was marked as defence document in the trial court and on 10.02.2016 the Mahila Court, Chennai acquitted the plaintiff of the charges. The Court also noted that the false complaint of the 1st and 2nd defendant damaged the reputation of the plaintiff and the plaintiff could not get a badge for driving a commercial vehicle in view of the pendency of the false case and had suffered loss and had spent huge money on legal fees apart from confinement in prison for 95 days and faced trial in respect of the criminal a case for nearly 7 years.

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Himachal: 67-year-old gets 25-year jail for raping minor in Hamirpur
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Himachal: 67-year-old gets 25-year jail for raping minor in Hamirpur

Hindustan Times  

A local court in Hamirpur has convicted and awarded 25-year jail to a 67-year-old man for raping a 15-year-old girl. Imposing inadequate sentences will do more harm to the justice system and may lead to a state where the victim loses confidence in the judicial system and resorts to private vengeance,” ruled the court while pronouncing the sentence against the …

[S.376 IPC] Calcutta High Court Quashes False Promise To Marry Case Against Man 7 Yrs After "Consensual" Relationship With Complainant
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1 month ago

[S.376 IPC] Calcutta High Court Quashes False Promise To Marry Case Against Man 7 Yrs After "Consensual" Relationship With Complainant

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of alleged rape filed by a woman, against a man, who she was in a consensual relationship with. The court said: From the said materials, in the case diary, this Court finds that the de facto complainant was aware that the petitioner was not interested in marriage but still continued the relationship …

Madras HC confirms punishment against professor for sexually harassing research scholar
1 month, 1 week ago

Madras HC confirms punishment against professor for sexually harassing research scholar

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: A PhD research scholar who was mentally, emotionally and sexually harassed by her research guide six years ago, finally received justice as the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently upheld the decision made by the university to discharge the professor from service on compulsory retirement and further ordered the professor to pay Rs 50,000 cost to the …

Physiotherapist sentenced to 44 years’ RI for sexually abusing mentally and physically challenged girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Physiotherapist sentenced to 44 years’ RI for sexually abusing mentally and physically challenged girl

The Hindu  

The Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court, which deals with cases relating to atrocities and sexual violence against women and children, sentenced a city-based physiotherapist to 44 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹8.5 lakh for sexually assaulting a minor girl, who is mentally and physically challenged, repeatedly during treatment. found Shinoj M. Raveendran, 42, of Varuvila …

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint

India Today  

A rape case has been filed against a cricketer's relative in Gujarat's Rajkot following a complaint by his ex-fiance, who accused him of engaging in sexual relations with her during their engagement and later calling off the marriage. Senior police officer Jagdish Bangarwa confirmed the registration of an FIR for rape against Jeet Pabari but stated that an arrest cannot …

There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently while upholding the conviction of a man for committing rape on a minor girl, said usually neither the girl nor her family would indulge their daughter's name even for settling scores and that in such cases, there is a 'built-in' assurance that the victim is levelling 'genuine' charges.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap …

Man Cannot Be Held Guilty Of False Promise To Marry When Victim Willingly Consented To Physical Relationship: Calcutta High Court
2 months ago

Man Cannot Be Held Guilty Of False Promise To Marry When Victim Willingly Consented To Physical Relationship: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has held that when an adult victim knowingly and willingly consented to sexual relations with a man, the man cannot later be held guilty for committing the offence of rape on the pretext of marriage. The victim lady being an adult was aware of the consequences of such relationship and denial on the part of the …

Chandigarh: Age of ‘minor victim’ remains unproven in court, seven let off
2 months ago

Chandigarh: Age of ‘minor victim’ remains unproven in court, seven let off

Hindustan Times  

A local court on Monday acquitted seven individuals in a case involving a minor’s rape, child marriage and dowry demand, after the prosecution failed to prove key charges, notably the complainant’s age. The court found that the complainant’s claim of being a 15-year-old minor could not be substantiated. The court acquitted the complainant’s husband Ranjeet Thakur, his father Bijender Thakur, …

Brutal Raping Case in Jalaun: Life Sentence for 60-Year-Old Accused
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Brutal Raping Case in Jalaun: Life Sentence for 60-Year-Old Accused

Hindustan Times  

A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a 6-year-old girl in Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The verdict was delivered by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) court judge, Mohammad Quamar, following a swift trial that concluded in just three months.

Teen helps rape survivor mother get justice; accused gets lifer
4 months, 1 week ago

Teen helps rape survivor mother get justice; accused gets lifer

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW A 17-year-old girl walked alongside her mother to a Sitapur court, which on Monday awarded life sentence to the man who had raped and impregnated her mother more than 18 years ago. On Monday, a special SC/ST court sentenced the man to life imprisonment and slapped a fine of ₹62,500 on him, government counsel Arun Kumar Agnihotri said. Agnihotri …

HC directs State to address issue of protection of sportswomen from sexual harassment
4 months, 2 weeks ago

HC directs State to address issue of protection of sportswomen from sexual harassment

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary to address the issue of protection of women participants in sports from sexual harassment, within six months. In the interest of justice and also to achieve social justice, the court has issued direction to the State government to provide accommodation at the State cost for either …

Karnataka: Chargesheet filed against Prajwal Revanna in sexual assault and rape case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Chargesheet filed against Prajwal Revanna in sexual assault and rape case

India TV News  

Karnataka news: The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department has filed a chargesheet against the former Member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna for rape and his father and MLA HD Revanna for sexual harassment. Chargesheet filed against Revanna The chargesheet is 2,144 pages against former JD MP Prajwal Revanna in the sexual assault case. Ahead of the second phase …

26-year-old man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of PU student, extortion
5 months, 1 week ago

26-year-old man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of PU student, extortion

The Hindu  

Udupi Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court, Srinivasa Suvarna, sentenced 26-year-old Sachin Poojary to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a PU student and extorting money and jewellery from her by threatening to release the latter’s obscene photos on social media. On August 3, the judge sentenced Sachin to 20 years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine …

Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has directed the Delhi Police to take legal action against a woman for registering a false rape case, saying the special privileges given to women should not be used as "sword" to settle personal scores. Delhi court directs police to take action against woman for false rape complaint Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon also …

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Claims She Concocted Case To 'Get Rid Of Husband'
6 months ago

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Claims She Concocted Case To 'Get Rid Of Husband'

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to an accused charged for rape under IPC as well as POCSO Act, primarily looking at a representation made by the prosecutrix to the Superintendent of Police that revealed that the rape case was merely a façade created by her to malign her own image so that her husband abandons her. For this …

No financial settlement in sexual abuse cases: Delhi High Court
6 months, 1 week ago

No financial settlement in sexual abuse cases: Delhi High Court

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant stance against the commercialisation of justice, the Delhi High Court has declared that cases involving allegations of sexual violence cannot be terminated through financial settlements. This observation came as the High Court declined to quash an FIR registered under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, while deliberating on the case, …

Former Sub-Poster in Chennai gets 2 years RI for misappropriation of funds
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Sub-Poster in Chennai gets 2 years RI for misappropriation of funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai, has sentenced V.C.Dhanalakshmi, the then Sub Post Master, Thiruvalangadu Sub-Post Office at Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu to undergo two years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs.50,000 in a case related to misappropriation of funds of Postal Department and causing loss to the government exchequer. A case was registered by CBI …

False Implication For Getting Back Money: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Man Accused Of Rape
6 months, 3 weeks ago

False Implication For Getting Back Money: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Man Accused Of Rape

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that in exceptional cases, the High Court by invoking its inherent powers under Section 482 of CrPC can even quash even criminal proceedings alleging the commission of an offence of rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Therefore, by applying the principle holding the view that, in an exceptional case, even criminal …

Accused 'Exploited Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Sentences Four To 30 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of Migrant Woman
7 months ago

Accused 'Exploited Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Sentences Four To 30 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of Migrant Woman

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has convicted four accused to rigorous imprisonment of 30 years under Section 376D of the IPC for committing the offence of gang rape on a migrant woman worker in 2015. the victim in this case, squarely falls within that subset and she finds herself placed at an intersection of varied identities as a woman from another …

Delhi court sentences 49-year-old man to 10 years of RI in child marriage and rape case
7 months, 1 week ago

Delhi court sentences 49-year-old man to 10 years of RI in child marriage and rape case

New Indian Express  

Apart from the compensation of Rs 10.5 lakh, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the accused. The prosecution had established that the child was a victim of circumstances who was forced into marriage by her maternal grandmother who was the only one in her family to sustain the living. As per the victim’s statement, she was …

Prajwal Revanna sex scandal: Another rape case against JD(S) MP
8 months ago

Prajwal Revanna sex scandal: Another rape case against JD(S) MP

The Hindu  

It has now come to light that the Special Investigation Team, probing alleged multiple instances of sexual abuse by Prajwal Revanna, has invoked Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code for rape against the “absconding” Hassan MP in the first FIR registered against him on April 28, a day after he flew out of the country to Germany. Two other …

Name Of Minor Rape Victim Disclosed In Investigation & Trial: Rajasthan High Court Directs Sensitisation Program For Police, Judicial Officers
9 months ago

Name Of Minor Rape Victim Disclosed In Investigation & Trial: Rajasthan High Court Directs Sensitisation Program For Police, Judicial Officers

Live Law  

Expressing concern about a situation where the identity of a rape victim was disclosed during investigation and trial, Rajasthan High Court has proposed an exercise of sensitization for the police officers and judicial officers to ensure that such instances do not repeat. “In this background, the court feels that an exercise of sensitization of the police officers and judicial officers …

Delhi court initiates woman’s trial for perjury for levelling false rape charges
10 months, 1 week ago

Delhi court initiates woman’s trial for perjury for levelling false rape charges

Hindustan Times  

Women misusing the law to level false rape allegations should be dealt with strictly, a Delhi court has said while initiating a trial against a woman for perjury. “.this court is of the considered opinion that it is in the interest of justice that cognizance of the offence of giving false evidence is taken.,” said additional sessions judge Jagmohan Singh …

Women Who Misuse Law To Level False Rape Allegations Must Be Dealt With Strictly: Delhi Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Women Who Misuse Law To Level False Rape Allegations Must Be Dealt With Strictly: Delhi Court

Live Law  

A Delhi Court has observed that women who misuse the law to falsely implicate any individual of rape should be dealt with strictly. Additional Sessions Judge Jagmohan Singh of Rohini Courts made the observation while acquitting three men in a gang rape and kidnapping case, observing that the prosecutrix's conduct was highly unnatural and belied her story. “In the considered …

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: A Kerala court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old man to a cumulative 51 years imprisonment for the rape of his then 17-year-old stepdaughter in 2018 at their residence in Munnar here. Devikulam Fast Track Special Court judge Sirajudheen P A sentenced the accused to varying jail terms for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences …

Victim's Age Not Proved, POCSO Offence Not Established: Madras HC Sets Aside Man's Conviction For Allegedly Raping Neighbour On False Promise To Marry
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Victim's Age Not Proved, POCSO Offence Not Established: Madras HC Sets Aside Man's Conviction For Allegedly Raping Neighbour On False Promise To Marry

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction and sentence imposed on a man accused of allegedly committing sexual assault on his neighbour on the false promise to marry. Justice KK Ramakrishnan observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the age of the victim girl to constitute an offence under the Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences Act. …

20-year jail for teen who raped 4-year-old girl in Chandigarh
11 months, 3 weeks ago

20-year jail for teen who raped 4-year-old girl in Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

Stating that the accused had shown his wicked and evil mind by subjecting a child of tender age of four years to aggravated penetrative sexual assault, a special POCSO court on Friday awarded a teenager a 20-year jail sentence. Stating that the convict is liable to be punished sternly, the court convicted him under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, …

26-year-old convicted of raping a 4-year-old girl, gets 20 years’ in jail
11 months, 4 weeks ago

26-year-old convicted of raping a 4-year-old girl, gets 20 years’ in jail

Hindustan Times  

A Pocso court in Greater Noida on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 20 years’ rigourous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for raping a four-year-old girl in 2019, prosecution officials said. It said the accused has not only committed a social crime of extremely heinous nature with the minor victim, but has also committed a crime which brings …

Kerala court acquits man in 5-yr-old’s rape-murder case
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala court acquits man in 5-yr-old’s rape-murder case

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: A special Pocso court in Idukki district of Kerala on Thursday acquitted a man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in June 2021. The verdict of the special fast-track court in Kerala acquitting the 21-year-old man in the case has dealt a blow to the prosecution and the police as the incident had triggered outrage back then. …

Can women be accused of rape? Supreme Court to examine
1 year, 1 month ago

Can women be accused of rape? Supreme Court to examine

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether women can be accused of rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. Currently, the law in question begins with “A man is said to commit ‘rape’â€æ” and subsequently outlines various conditions under which a man can be accused of rape by a woman. While hearing a plea by a …

Accused in Pocso Case Sentenced to 20 Years Rigorous Imprisonment
1 year, 1 month ago

Accused in Pocso Case Sentenced to 20 Years Rigorous Imprisonment

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: In a resounding verdict that upholds the sanctity of childhood, a special Pocso court in Visakhapatnam has sentenced Polipalli Durga Rao, 22, of Polipalli village in Bhogapuram mandal, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 4-year-old girl in 2020. The case against Durga Rao was registered at Disha Mahila Police Station in Vizianagaram district following a complaint …

'False Allegation Of Rape Causes Distress & Humiliation To Accused': Supreme Court Acquits Man After 23 Years In Rape Case
1 year, 2 months ago

'False Allegation Of Rape Causes Distress & Humiliation To Accused': Supreme Court Acquits Man After 23 Years In Rape Case

Live Law  

A false allegation of rape can cause equal distress, humiliation, and damage to the accused as well, said the Supreme Court while acquitting a man in a case for the offence of rape. While a conviction in a rape case can be based solely on the testimony of the prosecutrix, the Court said that caution and diligence must be exercised …

Gujarat HC Allows 12-Y/O Girl Allegedly Raped By Father To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy, Awards ₹2.5 Lakhs As Compensation
1 year, 4 months ago

Gujarat HC Allows 12-Y/O Girl Allegedly Raped By Father To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy, Awards ₹2.5 Lakhs As Compensation

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today allowed a plea filed by a 12-year-old, who was allegedly raped by her father, to abort her nearly 27-week pregnancy. 2.5 lakhs.The bench of Justice Samir J. Dave passed this order after perusing the medical report of the victim which was prepared by Sir Sayajirao Gayakwad General Hospital in Vadodara pursuant to. The bench of …

Delhi court orders FIR against woman, her father in false rape case charges
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi court orders FIR against woman, her father in false rape case charges

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court has ordered filing of a first information report against a woman and her father for filing false charges of gangrape, cruelty and wrongful confinement against her husband and his family members. “Rape is a heinous crime which is required to be dealt strictly but simultaneously false allegations qua rape are also required to be dealt firmly since …

Bharatpur: Man gets 20 years imprisonment for minor girl’s rape
1 year, 8 months ago

Bharatpur: Man gets 20 years imprisonment for minor girl’s rape

Hindustan Times  

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences court on Saturday convicted a 57-year-old man and sentenced him to 20 years of rigourous imprisonment and a penalty of ₹50,000 for raping a 13-year-old girl in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur in 2021, people familiar with the matter said. According to the officials close to developments, Dayaram Jatav, a native of a village under Nagar …

Woman uses false rape case to extort ₹2L in Noida; arrested
1 year, 9 months ago

Woman uses false rape case to extort ₹2L in Noida; arrested

Hindustan Times  

A 27-year-old woman was arrested in Noida on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to extort ₹2 lakh from a 30-year-old man by threatening to file a false rape case against him. Upon questioning the man accused by the woman, police discovered that she was attempting to extort money from him based on the complaint she had filed against him at the …

Shocking! Gujarat man who raped stepdaughter and makes her pregnant gets death sentence
1 year, 9 months ago

Shocking! Gujarat man who raped stepdaughter and makes her pregnant gets death sentence

India TV News  

A court in Gujarat’s Kheda district on Tuesday awarded the death sentence to a 28-year-old man for repeatedly raping his stepdaughter and impregnating her. Crime came to light only after the girl became pregnant As per the prosecution, the accused repeatedly raped the girl, who was then aged 11 years and 8 months, for over five months and threatened her …

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed charges of rape levelled against an accused who was booked on the complaint made by the victim, after the accused refused to marry her on being in a relationship with her for over five years. Therefore, for five long years, it cannot be said that the consent of a woman has been taken for …

Victim's Statement Under Section 164 CrPC Disclosing Offence Of Rape Sufficient To Frame Charges Under 376 IPC : Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Victim's Statement Under Section 164 CrPC Disclosing Offence Of Rape Sufficient To Frame Charges Under 376 IPC : Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said a victim's statement under Section 164 CrPC disclosing the offence of rape shall be sufficient to frame charges against the accused under section 376 of Indian Penal Code.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said an accused should not merely be discharged in a rape case because the prosecutrix has not stated about the same in …

'No Specific Allegation Of False Promise of Marriage': Kerala High Court Quashes Rape Case Against Lawyer
2 years, 2 months ago

'No Specific Allegation Of False Promise of Marriage': Kerala High Court Quashes Rape Case Against Lawyer

Live Law  

Quashing a rape case against a lawyer, the Kerala High Court on Thursday said there is no specific allegation in the prosecutrix's statement that he had given a false promise to marry her based on which she had been induced into a sexual relationship. "There is absolutely no specific allegation in the FI statement that the petitioner had given a …

Complainant 'Highly Qualified', Shared 'Intense Relationship' With Accused: Kerala Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Congress MLA In Rape Case
2 years, 2 months ago

Complainant 'Highly Qualified', Shared 'Intense Relationship' With Accused: Kerala Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Congress MLA In Rape Case

Live Law  

The Additional Sessions Court at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, has granted anticipatory bail to the Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly in a case accusing him of rape and attempt to murder.ASJ Prasun Mohan in the order said the victim or rape survivor in her first complaint dated September 28 never "asserted" that the accused raped her "on any dates before the date …

No One Would Level False Rape Allegations In Conservative, Non-Permissive Society Like India: Kerala High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

No One Would Level False Rape Allegations In Conservative, Non-Permissive Society Like India: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

While reiterating the settled law on conviction based on sole testimony of prosecutrix in a rape case, the Kerala High Court on Thursday observed,"In the conservative, tradition bound, non-permissive society like that of ours, none would make a false accusation of rape; braving ostracism, loss of face, social stigma and shame. While reiterating the settled law on conviction based on …

Failed Relationship Not Ground To Lodge FIR For Repeated Rape U/S 376(2)(n) IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Failed Relationship Not Ground To Lodge FIR For Repeated Rape U/S 376(2)(n) IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court in a recent case reiterated the law laid down by the Supreme Court in 599) that if the complainant willingly stayed in a relationship, then the relationship eventually not working out cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for the offence under Section 376 of IPC. Brief Facts of the Case The Criminal Petition …

Kerala: 27-year-old man gets cumulative 46-year jail term for raping minor
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala: 27-year-old man gets cumulative 46-year jail term for raping minor

Firstpost  

The incident happened in 2019 when the man broke into the girl’s home in Kongad town at night, took her to a field near her house, and committed the offence Palakkad: A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old man to a cumulative 46 years imprisonment for raping a girl three years ago Palakkad. The incident happened in 2019 when …

Gang-rape victim who went to UP police station to file complaint allegedly raped by policeman
2 years, 8 months ago

Gang-rape victim who went to UP police station to file complaint allegedly raped by policeman

The Hindu  

The family of a 13-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur has alleged she was raped by a police station in-charge after she had gone there to register a complaint about a gang rape case. On April 26, the four men – Chandan, Rajbhan, Harishankar and Mahendra Chaurasia – brought her back to Pali and left her at the police station …

Rape convict Narayan Sai booked on Gujarat HC directive for producing fake documents to get bail
2 years, 9 months ago

Rape convict Narayan Sai booked on Gujarat HC directive for producing fake documents to get bail

Firstpost  

Ahmedabad: As directed by the Gujarat High Court following an inquiry, a non-cognizable complaint was lodged against imprisoned rape convict Narayan Sai for producing fake health certificates of his mother to obtain temporary bail last month. On the direction of the division bench of Justices Sonia Gokani and Mauna Bhatt, the Sola police on Thursday lodged an NC complaint against …

Ahmedabad: Couple sentenced 10 years of jail in rape case
2 years, 10 months ago

Ahmedabad: Couple sentenced 10 years of jail in rape case

India Today  

A man and his wife have been sentenced to 10 years in jail for repeatedly raping an 18-year-old by the city's sessions court. As per the report published by the Times of India, the man identified as Babubhai Vegda repeatedly raped the girl with help from his wife, Madhuben. In her complaint, she alleged that Babubhai repeatedly raped her after …

Kottiyoor Rape Case: Kerala High Court Reduces Sentence Awarded To Former Priest To 10 Yrs Imprisonment
3 years, 1 month ago

Kottiyoor Rape Case: Kerala High Court Reduces Sentence Awarded To Former Priest To 10 Yrs Imprisonment

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reduced the sentence imposed on former priest Robin Mathew Vadakkumchery in the infamous Kottiyoor rape case that had shaken the public conscience, where he was accused of raping and impregnating a minor girl in 2016.The POCSO court at Thalassery had sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 376 of IPC and …

In Heinous Offence Of Rape, Proceedings Cannot Be Quashed Even If Parties Have Reached Settlement: Karnataka High Court
3 years, 1 month ago

In Heinous Offence Of Rape, Proceedings Cannot Be Quashed Even If Parties Have Reached Settlement: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently held that in a case of heinous offence of rape, even if the parties have settled the dispute, the same cannot be accepted and the proceedings cannot be quashed since it will have serious impact on the society. The petitioners relied on the judgement passed by the High court in the case of Vijaya Kumar …

'Complainant Was Conscious Of The Fact That Marriage May Not Take Place': Madras High Court Dismisses Rape Charges On False Promise To Marry
3 years, 3 months ago

'Complainant Was Conscious Of The Fact That Marriage May Not Take Place': Madras High Court Dismisses Rape Charges On False Promise To Marry

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday ruled that an offence of rape under Section 376 IPC on the pretext of false promise to marry is not made out when the complainant willingly engages in the sexual act knowing that the intended marriage may not take place at all on account of her own marital status. The facts of the case …

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