Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day
1 year, 10 months ago

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day

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The Telangana High Court has set aside the order of a Magistrate to try a juvenile as an adult in the Jubilee Hills gang rape case.In June 2022, five minors and one major accused were arrested for the gang rape of a 17 years old girl in a car in Jubilee Hills area near Hyderabad. The Telangana High Court has set aside the order of a Magistrate to try a juvenile as an adult in the Jubilee Hills gang rape case. In June 2022, five minors and one major accused were arrested for the gang rape of a 17 years old girl in a car in Jubilee Hills area near Hyderabad. The bench of Justice G.Anupama Chakravarthy said that, “it is evident that within one day the entire assessment was done and the learned Magistrate has also deferred with the Board Member’s findings and came to a conclusion that on interaction she is of the opinion that the CCLs are mentally and physically fit and can be prosecuted as adults.” The Criminal Revision was filed to quash the order of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court–cum-Principal Magistrate of Juvenile Justice Board, Hyderabad passed in 2022 to try the juvenile as an adult under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

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Juvenile Among Six Held For 'Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl' In Telangana
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2 days, 1 hour ago

Juvenile Among Six Held For 'Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl' In Telangana

ABP News  

Five individuals, including a woman, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl, forcing her to consume marijuana, and attempting to coerce her into prostitution in Warangal district. The incident came to light after the minor girl went missing on March 11 within the jurisdiction of the Mills Colony police station. Plot For Prostitution Racket Warangal Commissioner of …

Unlawful detention: Telangana High Court issues show-cause notice to magistrate
1 week, 2 days ago

Unlawful detention: Telangana High Court issues show-cause notice to magistrate

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Taking a serious view of a Magistrate’s court in Peddapalli authorising the detention of an accused without recording the reasons, the Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued show cause notices to the junior civil judge and judicial first-class magistrate, asking him to explain why action should not be taken for the alleged improper exercise of judicial functions. Justice B …

Crime Briefs: Juvenile Convicted for Raping Minor
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Crime Briefs: Juvenile Convicted for Raping Minor

Deccan Chronicle  

The investigation, led by then inspector A. Anjaneyulu, revealed that the minor had established contact with the victim over social media and later engaged in physical relationship on multiple occasions. The juvenile has been ordered to perform community service every third Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, starting March 21, at the special home in Gajularamaram. Hyderabad: …

UP court sentences 17-yr-old to 20 yrs of prison for raping, impregnating minor
2 weeks, 5 days ago

UP court sentences 17-yr-old to 20 yrs of prison for raping, impregnating minor

Hindustan Times  

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl in 2023, PTI reported on Saturday. Special Public Prosecutor Kauleshwar Nath Pandey said that the court also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the convict, who is 17 years and six months. He has been sent …

Madhya Pradesh police verifying age of 17-year-old rape accused; five-year-old survivor stable after surgery
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Madhya Pradesh police verifying age of 17-year-old rape accused; five-year-old survivor stable after surgery

The Hindu  

The Madhya Pradesh Police are currently verifying the age of a 17-year-old boy, accused of brutally raping a five-year-old girl in Shivpuri district even as the survivor continues to remain under observation after surgery at a Gwalior hospital, officers said. Dhakad, dean of the government medical college in Gwalior where the girl is admitted, said she underwent a surgery on …

Telangana court upholds minor’s testimony, sentences school attender to 20 years for sexual assault
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana court upholds minor’s testimony, sentences school attender to 20 years for sexual assault

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In a recent judgment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, a local court said that the sole testimony of a minor victim, if consistent and credible, is sufficient to establish guilt in cases of sexual assault. The case pertained to the sexual abuse of a five-year-old UKG student at a private school in Kothapet in 2022, …

Odisha HC overturns POCSO court decision referring major accused to juvenile board
1 month ago

Odisha HC overturns POCSO court decision referring major accused to juvenile board

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has set aside the order of Special POCSO Court, Sambalpur, referring a 20-year-old accused to the Juvenile Justice Board simply because he was a minor at the inception of a continuing offence of alleged rape. The accused shall be tried strictly in accordance with law, as a major, without recourse to the protective provisions of …

Man gets 35 years jail term for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 month, 1 week ago

Man gets 35 years jail term for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 35 years in jail and imposed a fine of ₹29,000 on him for raping a minor girl. As per information provided by Public Prosecutor Shantaveer Tuppad, accused Adarsha Chinde sexually assaulted the girl aged 14 and nine months in May 2023 after promising to marry her. …

Teenager, ambulance driver arrested for kidnapping, gang rape of minor in Kerala
1 month, 1 week ago

Teenager, ambulance driver arrested for kidnapping, gang rape of minor in Kerala

The Hindu  

Two persons, including a teenager and an ambulance driver, have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and gang rape of a 10-year-old girl in Adoor in this district, the police said on Tuesday. On Sunday at around 6 p.m., Ramesh abducted the child from near her home and took her to an abandoned house nearby, where she was sexually …

21-Yr-Old Gets 20 Years RI for Raping Minor Girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

21-Yr-Old Gets 20 Years RI for Raping Minor Girl

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Sunkala Srinivas, 21, was sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty for the rape of a minor girl through special fast track court here in Jagtial district on Monday. The case was registered at the Jagtial Town Police Station by inspector Jayesh Reddy under the Pocso and SC/ST Amendment Act and the investigation was conducted …

One Parent Who Is Lawful Guardian If Takes The Child From Custody Of Other Parent, Wouldn't Amount To Kidnapping: Telangana HC Reaffirms
2 months, 1 week ago

One Parent Who Is Lawful Guardian If Takes The Child From Custody Of Other Parent, Wouldn't Amount To Kidnapping: Telangana HC Reaffirms

Live Law  

The Telangana high court on Wednesday reiterated that if a parent who is lawful guardian of the child, takes a child away from the custody of the other parent, it would not amount to kidnapping and does not call for registering an FIR under 137 of the BNS. Relying on an order passed by the Bombay High court in a …

Rape accused got 20-YR RI
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rape accused got 20-YR RI

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a rape case registered at the Vanasthalipuram police station in the year 2018, a rape accused is convicted with 20 years of rigorous punishment. The accused even turned up at the uncle's place, and the duo eloped, leading the minor's mother to register a missing case. After recording the statements of the accused and minor victim, the police …

Telangana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After Noting That Minor Girl's Testimony Appeared To Be Tutored
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After Noting That Minor Girl's Testimony Appeared To Be Tutored

Live Law  

Justice K. Surender in his order said, " The evidence of a child witness can easily be influenced by the elders in the family. While acquitting a man who was convicted by the trial court for raping a minor girl after taking note of her, the Telangana High Court observed that the evidence of the child witness in the present …

Rourkela cops file charge sheet in two gang-rape cases
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rourkela cops file charge sheet in two gang-rape cases

New Indian Express  

DIG Brijesh Kumar Rai said the three accused were charge sheeted on November 17 and trial has already begun. In the other case, where a 17-years-old college girl was gang-raped by five persons in two episodes on September 22, charge sheet was filed against seven accused persons and trial would start shortly. Wadhwani said efforts are underway to file charge …

70% of rape victims in Telangana minors, 87 under 15
2 months, 3 weeks ago

70% of rape victims in Telangana minors, 87 under 15

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A shockingly large number of rape victims - 70 per cent - were minors in Telangana in 2024. Of the total 2,945 rape cases registered during the year, 87 victims were aged below 15 years, 1,970 were between the ages of 15 and 18, and 888 victims were above 18 years. According to the Annual Report 2024 of the …

Life Sentence for Telangana Man in 2014 Minor Rape and Murder Case
3 months ago

Life Sentence for Telangana Man in 2014 Minor Rape and Murder Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ten years after a minor girl was raped and killed, the accused was convicted and given a life imprisonment at Rangareddy district court on Tuesday. Vanasthalipuram police received a missing case in the first week of January by the deceased's mother mentioning two suspects. His questioning revealed that the girl was staying with Koteshwaramma, her aunt and the accused …

Telangana High Court Proposes To Take Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Register Rape FIRs, Seeks List Of Survivors
3 months ago

Telangana High Court Proposes To Take Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Register Rape FIRs, Seeks List Of Survivors

Live Law  

While hearing a PIL petition concerning women's safety which In the previous hearing on October 25, the petitioner had made a prayer in his application for amendment that complaints of the women, who are allegedly subjected to rape, was not being registered as first information reports; however the court had noted that the petitioner "had not furnished any particulars of …

'Serious Offence, Victim An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused
3 months, 1 week ago

'Serious Offence, Victim An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday denied bail to one Halkaee Ahirwar, who has been accused of committing gang rape against a 14-year-old girl in April this year and making viral a video of the entire incident. A bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav rejected his bail plea, emphasizing that the victim is an 'innocent' 14-year-old girl and that the …

Bench sets aside order on adoption of children in Telangana
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bench sets aside order on adoption of children in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has set aside a single judge’s order in a batch of writ petitions concerning the custody and adoption of minor children under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao emphasised that the statutory provisions under Sections 36, 37, and 38 of the 2015 Act — …

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl

India Today  

The Kerala High Court denied bail to a police officer, accused of raping a 14-year-old school girl two years ago on Children’s Day, saying he committed a “heinous offence”. The judge, Justice K Babu, denied the bail petition of the officer, who at the time of the rape was a Student Police Cadet instructor at the victim’s school. In his …

Three arrested for gang-rape in Hyderabad
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Three arrested for gang-rape in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Three men were arrested near Bio-Diversity Park in Hyderabad on Wednesday, November 6, for the gang rape of a 50-year-old woman in Madhura Nagar on the night of November 4. The police registered a case of wrongful confinement, attempt to murder, and gang rape against the three men. The Madhura Nagar police arrested the accused within a day of receiving …

Minor girl raped in Telangana's Asifabad, 28-year-old booked under POCSO
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Minor girl raped in Telangana's Asifabad, 28-year-old booked under POCSO

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: Even as the Jainoor Adivasi woman rape incident in Jainoor is yet to be forgotten, another similar ghastly incident has taken place in Burguda village in Asifabad mandal of Kumurambheem Asifabad district. Asifabad inspector of Police Satish Kumar said that a medical test on the girl confirmed rape. According to the police, the accused offered the girl a toffee …

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC
6 months ago

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Hindu  

Juvenile accused are being treated “rather too leniently” in the country and the legislature has still not learnt any lessons from the “horrors of Nirbhaya”, the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed while refusing to grant any relief to a rape convict, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. “This court is …

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court
6 months ago

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Live Law  

While upholding the conviction of a juvenile for rape of a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court lamented the "lenient" laws in the country so far as juvenile offenders are concerned. Justice Subodh Abhyankar sitting at Indore observed, “Court is once again at pains to observe that juveniles in this country are being treated rather too leniently, and that …

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
6 months ago

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Shamrao Chikkanagaon, a resident of Kamalapur taluk in Kalaburagi district, to 30 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per details provided by Shanthaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused on January 5, 2023, sexually abused the minor with a promise of marriage and threatened to …

Telangana youth, parents held for ‘kidnapping’ minor from Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh
6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana youth, parents held for ‘kidnapping’ minor from Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The police arrested a youth and his parents on charges of kidnapping a minor girl hailing from Dwaraka Tirumala mandal in Eluru district on September 13 on the pretext of marriage. The main accused, identified as Gandikota Dasarath hailing from Jakranpalli village Nizamabad district of Telangana met the 14-year-old girl on social media. He convinced the minor and her parents …

Chennai police arrests juvenile for raping 10-year-old girl
6 months, 1 week ago

Chennai police arrests juvenile for raping 10-year-old girl

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chennai police have arrested a juvenile in the case of rape of a 10-year-old girl which is being investigated by the Anna Nagar police under the Pocso Act, official sources said on Saturday. However, a senior police officer said that Sathish has not yet been arrested as the evidence currently available against him is inadequate and they are investigating …

Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a landmark judgement, a division bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence on Dinesh Kumar Dharne, who raped and murdered a five-year-old girl at Narsingi seven years ago. The High Court division bench comprising Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Sambasiva Rao Naidu dismissed the criminal appeal filed by the convict challenging the …

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has extended bail to a juvenile accused in a case registered under Sections 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Subsequently, the JJ Board conducted a preliminary assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and ordered that the accused be …

Telangana: 16-yr-old allegedly raped, impregnated
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: 16-yr-old allegedly raped, impregnated

New Indian Express  

JANGAON: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by a man under the Lingala Ghanpur Police Station limits in Jangaon district. The police identified the accused as B Prakash, a native of Lingala Ghanpur mandal in Jangaon district, a part-time driver and electrician at the Mandal. According to Lingala Ghanpur police, upon questioning by the parents, the victim revealed …

13-year-old raped by her senior at govt school in Andhra: Cops
9 months, 3 weeks ago

13-year-old raped by her senior at govt school in Andhra: Cops

Hindustan Times  

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her senior at a government school in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district last week, police on Thursday said, adding that the 15-year-old accused has been detained. The incident took place in the school located in Mandavilli town on May 15 but came to light after the survivor’s parents filed a police complaint. Four men, …

MP high court allows medical termination of pregnancy of minor rape survivor
9 months, 3 weeks ago

MP high court allows medical termination of pregnancy of minor rape survivor

Hindustan Times  

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has allowed medical termination of pregnancy of a minor rape survivor saying that court can’t remain a “silent spectator” to the agony of a minor. Division bench of chief justice Ravi Malimath and justice Vishal Mishra on Monday allowed the medical termination, five days after the single bench of the same …

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested

India Today  

A 19-year-old man was arrested on charges of raping a minor girl for months and impregnating her in Karnataka's Hubballi. According to the police, the accused allegedly raped the 17-year-old girl several times between January 1, this year, until May 3. "Acting on the complaint, we registered a case and arrested the accused and are ensuring all further police action …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]
11 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 240 to 2024 LiveLaw 255 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Section 78 – Arbitration clause – Two-Contract Case – When the parties enter into a contract, making a general reference to another contract, such general reference would not have the effect of incorporating the arbitration clause from the referred document into the …

Mere Involvement In Sexual Offence Not Sufficient: Supreme Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mere Involvement In Sexual Offence Not Sufficient: Supreme Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order

Live Law  

In a case involving allegations of rape and extortion, the Supreme Court recently quashed a preventive detention order under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986 observing that mere involvement in a sexual offence is not itself sufficient to invoke Section 3 of the Act. In the facts of the case, the Court was of the view that based …

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of Rape Convict Found To Be Juvenile After 19 Yrs Of Imprisonment
1 year ago

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of Rape Convict Found To Be Juvenile After 19 Yrs Of Imprisonment

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a 36-year-old rape convict after 19 years of imprisonment as he was found to be a juvenile at the time of the offence in 2005. He approached the High Court in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking release on the ground of completion of over 14 years of …

18-year-old held for raping minor girl in Chirang district: Assam Police
1 year, 2 months ago

18-year-old held for raping minor girl in Chirang district: Assam Police

Hindustan Times  

The Assam Police on Thursday arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl from his neighbourhood in Chirang district. Police said that the incident took place on Wednesday and the accused was arrested the next day based on a complaint filed by the family of the minor girl. “We have arrested the accused under the Protection of Children …

Telangana High Court Sustains Rape Abettor's Detention As 'Sexual Offender'; Says It Caused Panic Among Women Folk, Disturbed Public Order
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana High Court Sustains Rape Abettor's Detention As 'Sexual Offender'; Says It Caused Panic Among Women Folk, Disturbed Public Order

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has upheld the detention order of an accomplice to rape of a 60-year-old woman, owing to the disturbing impact it had on public order, especially amongst women. “.The detenu and his associate committed the offence of rape on the victim in broad day light and thus resulted in creation of fear and panic in the minds …

Telangana HC frees student in sex case, but must pay maintenance
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana HC frees student in sex case, but must pay maintenance

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice N. Rajeshwar Rao of the Telangana High Court set aside the conviction of a student in a case of cheating for sex. Based on the girl’s complaint, the Judicial First-Class Magistrate of Adilabad and the Additional Sessions Judge convicted the student and sentenced him to simple imprisonment of two years and a fine of Rs 2,000. In the …

Custody Matters Of Minor Children Not To Be Settled By Elders In The House: Telangana High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Custody Matters Of Minor Children Not To Be Settled By Elders In The House: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Thursday held that custody disputes of children cannot be settled by elders of the house while reiterating that the welfare of the minor children is of paramount importance in such matters. In the custody matters, welfare of the minor child is the paramount consideration.” The petitioner-mother submitted that she married the respondent in 2014 and …

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Inaction In Case Over Rape Of 10-Yr-Old Visually-Impaired Child At Children’s Home
1 year, 6 months ago

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Inaction In Case Over Rape Of 10-Yr-Old Visually-Impaired Child At Children’s Home

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State to file a status report in a plea concerning the rape of a ten year-old visually-impaired girl at a blind-school and children’s home in Haridevpur, on the 8th of September. State Counsel submitted that a status report had been prepared, sufficient steps had been taken, and persons had been arrested. It …

Telangana: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped at knifepoint by three intoxicated men in Hyderabad
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped at knifepoint by three intoxicated men in Hyderabad

Op India  

In a harrowing incident, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men at her house at knifepoint in Hyderabad, Telangana. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday in Nandanavanam Colony which falls in the jurisdiction of Meerpet Police Station of Rachakonda Police Commissionerate. Four of these eight men took the minor Dalit girl to the third floor of …

Telangana High Court Directs Trial Court To Pass Fresh Order On Convict's Claim Of Juvenility In 2004 Rape Case, Over 13 Years After Dismissal Of SLP
1 year, 7 months ago

Telangana High Court Directs Trial Court To Pass Fresh Order On Convict's Claim Of Juvenility In 2004 Rape Case, Over 13 Years After Dismissal Of SLP

Live Law  

More than 13 years after the Supreme Court dismissed the SLP against his conviction in a rape case dating back to 2004, the Telangana High Court has directed the trial court to pass fresh order on the convict's claim of juvenility. The division bench of Justice K Lakshman and Justice Sree Sudha said the trial court shall conduct enquiry in …

Five arrested for gangrape of minor girl in Kerala: Police
1 year, 8 months ago

Five arrested for gangrape of minor girl in Kerala: Police

Hindustan Times  

Five men have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, police officers familiar with the matter said on Sunday. According to the Adoor police, a first information report was registered in connection with the matter on July 1 based on a complaint received from the district child welfare committee. “The girl’s boyfriend, her 18-year-old …

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Owing to several procedural lapses by the Juvenile Justice Board, Yavatmal, the Bombay High Court ordered re-adjudication of a plea to try two juveniles as adults in the case of a gang-rape of a minor girl. Justice GA Sanap at the Nagpur bench noted that the JJB’s roznama didn’t specify if the juveniles or their advocates were even given a …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 19-year-old accused in rape case
1 year, 10 months ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 19-year-old accused in rape case

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 19-year-old accused in a gang rape case, stating that the detention will turn him into a hardened criminal. Detention of the applicant in custody will turn him into a hardened criminal," the high court said while granting bail to the accused who has been behind bars since 2021. READ | Bombay …

Telangana High Court Commutes Death Penalty of Three In Gang Rape And Murder Case, Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath
1 year, 10 months ago

Telangana High Court Commutes Death Penalty of Three In Gang Rape And Murder Case, Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has commuted the death penalty of three convicts in a case of gang rape and murder of a Schedule Caste women in 2019. The court held that the prosecution has established by leading cogent and convincing evidence that on 24.11.2019, while the deceased was going towards Ramnaik Thanda, the accused followed her and when she reached …

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained
1 year, 10 months ago

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained

News 18  

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, police said on Sunday. The police said the victim was playing in the street on Saturday when the accused took her to a vacant house near a park close to his residence and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The victim returned home and narrated the incident …

HC: Follow process to term minors as adults in JH case
1 year, 10 months ago

HC: Follow process to term minors as adults in JH case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday set aside the rulings of the Juvenile Justice Board, Hyderabad and the Pocso court in the Jubilee Hills gangrape case, which had stated that the accused children in conflict with law be tried as adults. The High Court directed the Principal Magistrate of Juvenile Justice Board to re-examine the case by following due …

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