Kathua rape-murder case verdict: 3 get life imprisonment, 5-year jail term for others | Highlights
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua rape-murder case verdict: 3 get life imprisonment, 5-year jail term for others | Highlights

India TV News  

After nearly a year-long trial, a Pathankot court on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment the three main accused in the gangrape-and-murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, while awarding five years in jail to three others for destruction of evidence. Kathua rape-murder case: According to the 15-page charge sheet, the eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 last year, was allegedly raped in captivity in a small village temple in Kathua district after having been kept sedated for four days before she was bludgeoned to death. The day-to-day trial commenced in the first week of June last year at the district and sessions court in Pathankot in neighbouring state of Punjab, about 100 km from Jammu and 30 km from Kathua, after the Supreme Court ordered that the case be shifted out of Jammu and Kashmir. The Crime Branch arrested village head Sanji Ram, his son Vishal, juvenile nephew and his friend Anand Dutta, and two special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma.

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Justice in 60 days: Bengal court sentences man to death for minor's rape-murder
4 weeks ago

Justice in 60 days: Bengal court sentences man to death for minor's rape-murder

India Today  

A West Bengal court on Friday sentenced one person to death and awarded life imprisonment to another in the rape and murder of a minor girl and necrophilia in October. This is the second instance of a death sentence in West Bengal within eight days, as another court in Baruipur announced the death sentence for the sole accused, Mustakin Sardar, …

Man gets life term for raping minor Dalit girl; trial completed in 24 days
1 month ago

Man gets life term for raping minor Dalit girl; trial completed in 24 days

Hindustan Times  

In a record 24-day trial, a Sitapur court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old Dalit girl under the newly enacted Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, police officials said on Wednesday. A Sitapur official stated the incident was reported on October 14 when one Vishal Kashyap, the victim’s neighbour raped her after taking her to a deserted place behind …

Three sentenced to death for raping, killing 8-yr-old girl in Mangaluru
2 months ago

Three sentenced to death for raping, killing 8-yr-old girl in Mangaluru

New Indian Express  

MANGALURU: Three migrant workers have been sentenced to death for gangraping and murdering an eight-year-old girl from Jharkhand here on November 21, 2021. Special public prosecutor K Badrinath Nayari told reporters here on Friday that on November 21, 2021, the accused took the girl, who was playing with her brother, to a remote area after giving her sweets and raped …

Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for abducting, raping minor
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for abducting, raping minor

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a city court after he was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a minor girl, police said on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a city court after he was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a minor girl, police said on Saturday. On …

Life term for trio who killed 19-year-old girl in 2021
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Life term for trio who killed 19-year-old girl in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The Kadapa District Sessions Court on Friday sentenced life imprisonment to three persons in the case of murder of a degree student at Chintala Cheruvu in Badvel mandal in Kadapa district on June 18, 2021. The murder took place after the girl student, Godugunur Sirisha, 19, ignored an offer of love. Charan hatched a plan to eliminate Sirisha and …

Kurukshetra man gets life term for rape bid on 14-year-old girl
1 year, 3 months ago

Kurukshetra man gets life term for rape bid on 14-year-old girl

Hindustan Times  

The Kurukshetra district court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to a man convicted of rape attempt on a 14-year-old girl in December 2020. The court of district and sessions judge also imposed a fine of ₹30,000 on the convict Mukesh Kumar. According to deputy district attorney Bhupunder Kumar, on December 6, 2020, the victim’s father had filed a police complaint …

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court

Live Law  

We have started gathering an impression that the leniency with which the juveniles are dealt with in the name of goal of reformation is making them more and more emboldened in indulging in such heinous crimes, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment seting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court …

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile
2 years, 1 month ago

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile and now can be tried afresh as an adult for the offences. The top court also held that medical opinion regarding the age of an accused cannot be brushed …

Kathua Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused As Juvenile; Directs To Prosecute Him As An Adult
2 years, 1 month ago

Kathua Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused As Juvenile; Directs To Prosecute Him As An Adult

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in the Kathua rape-murder case was a juvenile.The Apex Court has directed that the said accused Shubham Sangra should be tried as an adult.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice …

Three held for rape, illegal confinement in K’taka: Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Three held for rape, illegal confinement in K’taka: Police

Hindustan Times  

The Ramanagara woman police have arrested three persons on charges of rape and illegal confinement, said a police official familiar with the incident, in Mysuru on Sunday. The action was taken after the incident of a 19-year-old girl being raped by the owner of an orphanage for three months came to light on Saturday. During the victim’s stay, Preethi’s brother …

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI
2 years, 10 months ago

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI

Hindustan Times  

Equating the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012, a Ludhiana court on Friday sentenced five convicts to life imprisonment till death while sending the sixth accused, who was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the crime, to 20-year rigorous imprisonment. The Ludhiana court equated the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012 …

Kathua rape and murder case | Parents of victim anguished as two convicts walk out on bail
3 years ago

Kathua rape and murder case | Parents of victim anguished as two convicts walk out on bail

The Hindu  

The parents of an eight-year-old nomad girl, who was brutally raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu, are anguished that while their appeal for enhancement of sentence against six people remains unheard, two convicts were released on bail in the case described by a court as a “devilish and monstrous crime”. The man who had adopted the eight-year-old girl, …

Kathua rape case: Sub-inspector convicted for destroying evidence granted bail
3 years ago

Kathua rape case: Sub-inspector convicted for destroying evidence granted bail

Firstpost  

Sub Inspector Anand Dutta was one of the three accused and convicted for sabotaging the rape case. All three convicted were sentenced to five years in jail under section 201 of IPC for destruction of evidence Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to a Jammu and Kashmir police sub-inspector convicted for destroying evidence in the 2018 …

Kathua Rape And Murder Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Parole Plea Of Key Conspirator Sanji Ram [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Kathua Rape And Murder Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Parole Plea Of Key Conspirator Sanji Ram [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday rejected the parole plea of Sanji Ram, the key conspirator in the Kathua rape and murder case. Sanji Ram, who was found to be the mastermind of the Kathua Rape And Murder Case, was the caretaker of the temple where the offence took place. It may be noted that the District and …

Kathua rape case: HC denies parole to key conspirator Sanji Ram
4 years, 2 months ago

Kathua rape case: HC denies parole to key conspirator Sanji Ram

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has rejected the parole plea of Sanji Ram, the key conspirator in the Kathua rape and murder case of January 2018. The court declined to grant him parole following a report from SSP, Crime Branch, Jammu, in which it was stated that if the petitioner is granted parole, there is apprehension of community clashes …

UP Court Sends Man to Life term Imprisonment for Raping Minor in Amroha
4 years, 2 months ago

UP Court Sends Man to Life term Imprisonment for Raping Minor in Amroha

News 18  

A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh here has sentenced a man life behind bars till his death after finding him guilty of raping a six-year-old girl. Special judge Veena Narayan held accused, Dalpat, guilty and also slapped a penalty of over Rs 2 lakh on him. “Under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the accused is sentenced to life till …

Kathua Case : SC Stays Proceedings Against One Accused In Juvenile Justice Board
4 years, 11 months ago

Kathua Case : SC Stays Proceedings Against One Accused In Juvenile Justice Board

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a stay of the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board against one of the accused in the 2018 rape and murder case of a minor girl in Kathua. The Bench comprising of Justices NV Ramana, Ajay Rastogi and V Ramasubramanian agreed to consider the plea moved by the Jammu and Kashmir administration which urged …

Koushambi gang rape convicts get life imprisonment under POCSO
4 years, 11 months ago

Koushambi gang rape convicts get life imprisonment under POCSO

Op India  

On Wednesday, a special judge of a district POCSO court awarded life imprisonment to three Muslim men for raping a teenage girl and then posting a video of the crime on social media in the Kaushambi gang-rape case. According to reports, special judge Anupam Kumar, after examining the witnesses produced by the prosecution, held the three criminals guilty and thereafter …

Kathua rape victim's family expresses satisfaction over Hyderabad encounter killings, says veterinarian's family will not have to face court ordeals
5 years, 1 month ago

Kathua rape victim's family expresses satisfaction over Hyderabad encounter killings, says veterinarian's family will not have to face court ordeals

Firstpost  

The family said that at least the family of the victim will not have to face ’nightmare’ of a lengthy trial Jammu: The family of an eight-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and murdered in Kathua in January last year, expressed satisfaction over the encounter killings in Hyderabad, saying at least the family of the victim will not have to face …

Kathua Rape And Murder Case: P&H HC Issues Notices To J&K, Convicts On Plea Seeking Enhancement Of Sentence
5 years, 5 months ago

Kathua Rape And Murder Case: P&H HC Issues Notices To J&K, Convicts On Plea Seeking Enhancement Of Sentence

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them. In the petition filed on July 10, the girl's father had sought enhancement of the convicts' …

Man awarded 3 life imprisonments, 26-year rigorous imprisonment for rape and murder of 7-year-old niece
5 years, 5 months ago

Man awarded 3 life imprisonments, 26-year rigorous imprisonment for rape and murder of 7-year-old niece

India TV News  

A POCSO court in Kollam on Wednesday awarded three life sentences, besides 26 years of rigorous imprisonment, to a 25-year-old man, who brutally raped and murdered his seven-year-old niece on September 27, 2017. The court had, on Tuesday, convicted Rajesh for various offences -- murder, rape, unnatural sex, abduction and showing disrespect to a dead body. The prosecution case was …

Minor's rape-murder: Bhopal court awards death penalty to man within 32 days
5 years, 6 months ago

Minor's rape-murder: Bhopal court awards death penalty to man within 32 days

India TV News  

In a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge Kumudini Patel pronounced the punishment to Vishnu Bamora on two separate offences under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 and 376-AB. The convict was also sentenced to life for the offence of unnatural sex …

Speedy justice: Man rapes, murders eight-year-old girl in Bhopal, awarded death penalty within 32 days
5 years, 6 months ago

Speedy justice: Man rapes, murders eight-year-old girl in Bhopal, awarded death penalty within 32 days

India Today  

In a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge Kumudini Patel pronounced the punishment to Vishnu Bamora on two separate offences under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 and 376-AB. The convict was also sentenced to life for the offence of unnatural sex …

Kathua Rape-And-Murder Case: Father Of Victim Girl Moves Punjab HC For Enhancement Of Sentence
5 years, 6 months ago

Kathua Rape-And-Murder Case: Father Of Victim Girl Moves Punjab HC For Enhancement Of Sentence

Live Law  

The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday seeking enhancement of sentence imposed on six convicts and also challenging the acquittal of one accused. The petitioner has requested the court to enhance the sentence of Sanji Ram, Deepak Khajuria and …

The Kathua Rape Case: The Moral Collapse of a Civilization
5 years, 6 months ago

The Kathua Rape Case: The Moral Collapse of a Civilization

ABP News  

India has been awash with news of what are called “mob lynchings” over the last few years and another case has come to light of a Muslim man in Jharkhand who was tied up, beaten, and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram over a period of 12 hours. One atrocity follows another; attention shifts from one ‘event’ to another, and …

Kathua rape and murder case verdict: Pathankot court's judgment focused on 'poetic justice', refused to give 'benefit of doubt' to accused
5 years, 6 months ago

Kathua rape and murder case verdict: Pathankot court's judgment focused on 'poetic justice', refused to give 'benefit of doubt' to accused

Firstpost  

The special court, which convicted six people in the murder case of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu region, has termed the crime “devilish and monstrous” committed in the most “shameful, inhumane and barbaric manner” for which “poetic justice” needs to be done to its perpetrators. Pathankot: The special court, which convicted six people in the murder case …

Nation hails 'justice' meted out in Kathua rape and murder case but sexual assaults continue unabated; 13 cases reported in two weeks – Firstpost
5 years, 6 months ago

Nation hails 'justice' meted out in Kathua rape and murder case but sexual assaults continue unabated; 13 cases reported in two weeks – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The fact that the legal system in India does not deter rapists is evident in the number of reports of rapes that came in even after news of the Kathua verdict spread. On Tuesday, less than a day after the sentencing of Sanji Ram and his accomplices in the Kathua rape and murder case, the rape of a 10-year-old girl …

Conviction in Kathua case will act as a deterrent: Mayawati
5 years, 7 months ago

Conviction in Kathua case will act as a deterrent: Mayawati

India TV News  

BSP chief Mayawati Tuesday said the conviction in the horrific Kathua gangrape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes. A court on Monday sentenced three men, including a temple caretaker, to life imprisonment till last breath for the gang rape and murder of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir …

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti, activists laud J&K Police for 'professional' handling of crime
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti, activists laud J&K Police for 'professional' handling of crime

Firstpost  

The Kathua rape and murder case had exposed the communal fault lines in the state, as many groups in Jammu and Kathua had come out in support of the accused persons. One of them was the Kathua rape and murder case, for which the state police received appreciation from across the political and social spectrum. The conviction of six accused …

Kathua case: Life imprisonment for 3 as Pathankot special court convicts 6 for rape, murder of 8-yr-old in J&K; Mehbooba, Omar welcome verdict
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua case: Life imprisonment for 3 as Pathankot special court convicts 6 for rape, murder of 8-yr-old in J&K; Mehbooba, Omar welcome verdict

Firstpost  

The Kathua case was brought to a conclusion on Monday with a special court in Punjab’s Pathankot finding six out of the seven accused guilty on charges of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl belonging to the Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir. The Kathua case was brought to a conclusion on Monday with a special court in Punjab’s …

Kathua Case : Three Sentenced To Life Term For Rape & Murder Of Minor Girl
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua Case : Three Sentenced To Life Term For Rape & Murder Of Minor Girl

Live Law  

The District and Sessions Judge Pathankot Tejwinder Singh has pronounced sentence in the ghastly crime relating to gang rape and murder of an eight year old in Kathua, Jammu in January last year.The main accused in the case Sanji Ram, his friend Parvesh Kumar and a special police officer Deepak Khajuria were sentenced to life imprisonment for offences under Sections …

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti welcomes judgement
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti welcomes judgement

India TV News  

Peoples Democratic Party leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the judgment by the Pathankot special court that convicted six out of seven accused in connection with the Kathua rape and murder case. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where an 8-year-old child was drugged, raped repeatedly & then bludgeoned …

Kathua rape and murder case: 3 get life term, 3 five-year imprisonment
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua rape and murder case: 3 get life term, 3 five-year imprisonment

The Hindu  

Six of the seven men accused in the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua were convicted on Monday by a special court in Pathankot. The court sentenced the mastermind, Sanji Ram, a retired government official and priest of the temple where the crime took place, special police officer Deepak Khajuria and Ram’s nephew Parvesh Kumar to …

Breaking- Kathua Rape Case : Six Accused Persons Found Guilty By Pathankot Court; One Acquitted
5 years, 7 months ago

Breaking- Kathua Rape Case : Six Accused Persons Found Guilty By Pathankot Court; One Acquitted

Live Law  

The District and Sessions Judge Pathankot has convicted six out of seven accused in the Kathua case of rape and murder of a minor girl. The Crime Branch had arrested village head Sanji Ram, his son Vishal, Ram's juvenile nephew and his friend Parvesh Kumar, and two special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surinder Kumar. The day-to-day trial commenced in …

Kathua rape case: Judgment likely on June 10
5 years, 7 months ago

Kathua rape case: Judgment likely on June 10

India TV News  

The judgment in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be delivered on June 10, nearly a year after the trial began in a court in Pathankot, special public prosecutor J K Chopra said on Monday. The day-to-day in-camera trial began in the first week of June last year at the …

Brutal Gang Rape and Murder of 8-Year-Old Kathua Girl: A Horrifying Tale of Abuse and Exploitation
6 years, 8 months ago

Brutal Gang Rape and Murder of 8-Year-Old Kathua Girl: A Horrifying Tale of Abuse and Exploitation

Hindustan Times  

A horrific case of gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu region's Kathua district has left the nation horrified. The charge sheet filed by the crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir police paints a grim picture of the girl's ordeal. She was abducted, drugged, and subjected to multiple rapes, including gang rape, before being strangled to …

Unbearable Horror: Kathua Raped and Murdered Child Sparks Outrage and Protests
6 years, 8 months ago

Unbearable Horror: Kathua Raped and Murdered Child Sparks Outrage and Protests

Op India  

The Jammu and Kashmir police have filed the charge sheet on the Kathua rape and murder case. The crime happened in January, but the case had escaped major media attention till now. The victim, an eight-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakherwal tribe was kidnapped and was reported missing from 10th January near the Rasana village. Her body was found a …

Brutal Raping and Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl in Jammu: A Dark Chapter in the Community's History
6 years, 8 months ago

Brutal Raping and Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl in Jammu: A Dark Chapter in the Community's History

Hindustan Times  

Eight-year-old girl brutally raped, bludgeoned to death in Jammu's Kathua district. Six men arrested in the case, including the caretaker of a small temple, special police officers, and a juvenile. The chargesheet reveals chilling details of the horrific incident, including multiple rapes, torture, and murder. The case has sparked outrage and calls for justice and an end to the discrimination …

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