Gang Rape- "Traditionally Women Are Unsecured, Deprived Of Equal Rights & Tyrants Take Undue Advantage Of It": Allahabad HC Denies Bail
3 years, 8 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 Unfortunate Hathras Gang Rape & Murder case by stating thus: "The nation has shockingly witnessed the Hathras gang rape case, where the victim faced extreme bestiality of the accused and ultimately died." Regarding the utility of her statement made to her father, the Court observed that the narration of the incident of gang rape committed by the accused persons to her father, mother and uncle before her death, assumed the status of dying declaration explaining the cause of her death. Lastly, the Court also made the following observations: The First Information Report was not got registered despite the fact that the father of the victim approached the police instantly in the night of the incident, he was told to wait so that the victim may be sent to the women hospital for medical examination.

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Karnataka, India: An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped, police say
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Karnataka, India: An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped, police say

CNN  

New Delhi AP — Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman. The Israeli and her homestay operator were stargazing along with three male travelers, an American and two Indians, in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night, police official Ram …

Marry survivor in 3 months: Allahabad High Court's bail condition to rape accused
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Marry survivor in 3 months: Allahabad High Court's bail condition to rape accused

India Today  

During a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to a rape accused on the condition that he marries the victim within three months of his release, Bar and Bench reported. During the ruling, the Allahabad High Court said the state could not bring forth any exceptional circumstances that would warrant bail denial to Meena, Bar and Bench reported. …

10 days on, Kukatpally murder accused untraced
3 weeks, 3 days ago

10 days on, Kukatpally murder accused untraced

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite investigating several suspects in the murder of a woman in Kukatpally, the police are yet to identify the main accused. According to the police, a man dialed 100 and informed them that a bomb has been planted at a hotel opposite to Secunderabad railway station and would explode any moment. A case was registered against him at the …

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Doctor Accused Of Raping Dalit On-Duty Nurse At Midnight
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Doctor Accused Of Raping Dalit On-Duty Nurse At Midnight

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to a doctor accused of committing rape upon a 20-year-old Dalit nurse inside his cabin, at a private hospital. A bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava, however, granted bail to the co-accused Mehnaz, a nurse, and Junaid, a ward boy, who allegedly assisted the prime accused in committing the alleged offence. “…insofar …

Rape accused shot at in the knee during capture in Krishnagiri
1 month ago

Rape accused shot at in the knee during capture in Krishnagiri

The Hindu  

A rape accused was shot at on his knee by the police and a fellow accused allegedly suffered a fracture during a confrontation with the police at the time of their capture here on Friday. According to the police, two of the accused Narayanan and Suresh had gang-raped the woman at knife-point before robbing her of the jewellery. Based on …

Can't expect rape survivor to travel alone at night to file FIR: Bombay High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can't expect rape survivor to travel alone at night to file FIR: Bombay High Court

India Today  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently upheld the conviction and 10-year sentence imposed by the Amravati Sessions Court on labourer Balya alias Rahul Lokhande for raping a 35-year-old woman who lived alone. Lokhande had appealed his conviction, but the High Court ruled that the victim’s testimony was “cogent, concrete, and reliable.” According to the prosecution, the incident …

A Minor Rape Survivor In Our Country Would Rather Suffer Silently Than Falsely Implicate Someone: Allahabad High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Minor Rape Survivor In Our Country Would Rather Suffer Silently Than Falsely Implicate Someone: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

Denying bail to a man accused of raping a minor girl, the Allahabad High Court has recently observed that in our country, a minor girl, who is a victim of sexual aggression, would rather suffer silently than implicate somebody falsely. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh said that the Court must keep in mind while appreciating the evidence of …

Victim's Solitary Evidence In Sexual Offences Not Sufficient For Conviction If Marred With Inconsistencies: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Victim's Solitary Evidence In Sexual Offences Not Sufficient For Conviction If Marred With Inconsistencies: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

While setting aside the conviction order passed by the trial court in a rape and abduction case, the Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court observed that the fact that Prosecutrix was aware of the place where she was kept after abduction and raped but never identified that place during the investigation assumes significance as material contradiction. The trial court …

Youths Attracted To Live-In Relationships, Need Solution To Save Moral Values: Allahabad HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Youths Attracted To Live-In Relationships, Need Solution To Save Moral Values: Allahabad HC

ABP News  

Prayagraj, Jan 24 Although live-in relationships have no social sanction, the youths' attraction to it demands there must be devised some framework or solution to save "moral values" of the society, the Allahabad High Court has observed. Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava made the observation while granting bail to Varanasi-based Akash Keshari, who was booked under various sections of IPC and …

Hathras gang rape, murder case : Acquitted accused files defamation suit against Rahul Gandhi
2 months ago

Hathras gang rape, murder case : Acquitted accused files defamation suit against Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

HT Correspondent The special judge, SC/ST Court, Hathras, had sentenced another accused, Sandeep Sisodia, to life imprisonment An accused acquitted in the Hathras gang rape and murder case of 2020 on Friday filed a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the MP/MLA court of Hathras, which fixed February 10 for the next hearing. “This is a criminal …

Minor’s sexual-assault case: Supreme Court refuses bail to wife of suspended Delhi govt officer Khakha
2 months ago

Minor’s sexual-assault case: Supreme Court refuses bail to wife of suspended Delhi govt officer Khakha

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to the wife of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor several times and impregnated her. The Delhi High Court on September 6 had dismissed the bail application of Seema Rani Khakha, saying the case “strikes at the root of trust between two families” and the possibility …

SC raps govt, ED for efforts to deny bail in PMLA cases
2 months, 1 week ago

SC raps govt, ED for efforts to deny bail in PMLA cases

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuked the Union government and the Enforcement Directorate, condemning their “consistent efforts” to deny bail and prolong incarceration under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act “by hook or by crook”. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan termed such an approach “unacceptable” and underscored that the Union’s submissions in court, which went …

Physical Relation Not Considered Against Will If Married Woman With Experience In Sex Offers No Resistance: Allahabad HC
2 months, 1 week ago

Physical Relation Not Considered Against Will If Married Woman With Experience In Sex Offers No Resistance: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

While granting bail to a man accused of committing rape against a 30-year-old widow having three children, the Allahabad High Court observed that if a married woman having experience in sex does not offer resistance, it cannot be said that her physical relation with a man was against her will. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed this while …

Nowadays There Can Be No Presumption That Victim Would Always Tell Entire Story Truthfully In Rape Cases: Allahabad High Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Nowadays There Can Be No Presumption That Victim Would Always Tell Entire Story Truthfully In Rape Cases: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

While granting bail to a man accused of sexually exploiting a married woman on the pretext of providing her government job, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that nowadays, there can be no presumption that in all rape cases, the prosecutrix would always tell the entire story truthfully. “No doubt in the matter of rape, the statement of the prosecutrix …

'Prosecutrix's Testimony Doesn't Inspire Confidence' : Supreme Court Affirms Acquittal In Rape Case
2 months, 1 week ago

'Prosecutrix's Testimony Doesn't Inspire Confidence' : Supreme Court Affirms Acquittal In Rape Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, observed that in rape cases if a conviction is based on the sole evidence of a single witness, even that of the victim herself, such evidence should inspire confidence in the Court. But nevertheless when a person can be convicted on the testimony of a single witness the Courts are bound to be very careful in examining …

Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to rape accused, notes offence not reported 'in time'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to rape accused, notes offence not reported 'in time'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of raping a divorced woman on the pretext of marriage, noting that the woman was not prompt in reporting the alleged offence and that the accused’s custodial interrogation was not required. Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to rape accused, notes offence not reported 'in time' Additional Sessions …

Rape Survivor Faces Dual Crises, Crime Wounds Her Dignity & Trial Forces Her To Relive Traumatic Experience: Allahabad HC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rape Survivor Faces Dual Crises, Crime Wounds Her Dignity & Trial Forces Her To Relive Traumatic Experience: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a woman who is raped undergoes two crises- the commission of a crime, where her dignity is wounded and her sense of security is destroyed and the subsequent trial, where she is forced to relive the traumatic experience. While the first seriously wounds her dignity, curbs her individual, destroys her sense of security …

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 …

Allegations Offend Victim's Dignity: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Forcing Wife Into Prostitution
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Allegations Offend Victim's Dignity: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Forcing Wife Into Prostitution

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to a man who has been accused of forcing his wife into prostitution by compelling her to make physical relationships with his friends and other persons. Noting that the allegations against the husband are rare and the prosecution's case was not a simple case of matrimonial dispute between husband and wife, a …

Woman accused of killing her 1-year-old child with help of lover gets bail
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman accused of killing her 1-year-old child with help of lover gets bail

India Today  

The Bombay High Court granted bail to Mamta Yadav, a woman accused of killing her 14-month-old child with the help of her lover, after she spent over six years in custody. Another accused, Rakesh Patel, was granted bail in September 2022 due to prolonged incarceration and lack of trial progress. The prosecution alleged that Yadav and Patel conspired to kill …

RG Kar Rape-Murder | Victim's Parents Move Calcutta High Court Against CBI Probe, Seek Fresh Investigation
3 months ago

RG Kar Rape-Murder | Victim's Parents Move Calcutta High Court Against CBI Probe, Seek Fresh Investigation

Live Law  

In another development arising from the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, the parents of the victim girl have moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the CBI probe into the incident and seeking a fresh investigation into the case. Notably, while the trial against the main accused Sanjoy Roy is …

'Serious Offence, Victim An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

'Victim Is A Journalist, Prudent Woman': Allahabad High Court Stays Rape Case Proceedings Against Army Naik
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Victim Is A Journalist, Prudent Woman': Allahabad High Court Stays Rape Case Proceedings Against Army Naik

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently stayed the proceedings in a rape case involving allegations against an Indian Army Naik. The Court noted that the victim, a major and prudent woman who is a journalist, had initially come into contact with the accused through a matrimonial site and subsequently entered into a relationship with him. Thus, noting that the matter required …

Gang Rape: Accused Spiked Soft Drink, Videotaped Incident in Odisha City
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Gang Rape: Accused Spiked Soft Drink, Videotaped Incident in Odisha City

Deccan Chronicle  

Three men and a teenager have been arrested in connection with the gang rape of a woman in Bhubaneswar. The victim was allegedly gang-raped in a hotel on October 16 and introduced to one of the accused by her common friend. The accused had allegedly spiked the victim's soft drink with some intoxicant and taken her to a hotel, where …

Trial Judge Upholds Acquittal of 4 Men in 2009 Rape Case
5 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 …

HC refuses bail to wife of suspended govt. officer in minor rape case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

HC refuses bail to wife of suspended govt. officer in minor rape case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused bail to the wife of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor girl several times and impregnated her. The court dismissed the bail application of Seema Rani Khakha, noting the case “strikes at the root of trust between two families” and the possibility of influencing witnesses can’t be ruled …

'Injury Bound To Occur If Victim Of Tender Age Is Subjected To Rape': Allahabad HC Acquits Accused In 2001 Rape Case
7 months ago

'Injury Bound To Occur If Victim Of Tender Age Is Subjected To Rape': Allahabad HC Acquits Accused In 2001 Rape Case

Live Law  

On Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court acquitted an accused who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl in 2001 as it noted that the medical evidence did not show any injury caused to the victim girl. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary noted that at the …

Accused 'Exploited Vulnerability': Kerala High Court Sentences Four To 30 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of Migrant Woman
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Parents Of Victim Have History Of Long Matrimonial Discord: Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Who Was Alleged For Raping His Daughter
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Parents Of Victim Have History Of Long Matrimonial Discord: Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Who Was Alleged For Raping His Daughter

Live Law  

Noticing that the parents of the victim have a history of matrimonial discord and they have filed multiple complaints against each other, the Delhi High Court held that age of minor victim vis-à-vis age of the accused, the family relationship between the victim and the accused and the chances of the accused threatening the victim, must be considered while deciding …

FIR Can Be Elaborated Upon By Informant But Cannot Be Used To Create Fresh Charges Against Accused: J&K High Court Grants Bail To In-Laws Accused Of Gang Rape
9 months, 3 weeks ago

FIR Can Be Elaborated Upon By Informant But Cannot Be Used To Create Fresh Charges Against Accused: J&K High Court Grants Bail To In-Laws Accused Of Gang Rape

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to two men accused of gangrape, observing that the initial complaint in the First Information Report can be elaborated upon by the informant, but this cannot be used to introduce new accusations or entirely new offenses against the accused. Spotlighting the distinction between elaboration and improvisation with respect to …

Woman allegedly raped by childhood friend in Patna, accused at large: Police
10 months ago

Woman allegedly raped by childhood friend in Patna, accused at large: Police

Hindustan Times  

A woman was allegedly raped by her childhood friend in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan area on Monday, police said. The accused was identified, and the matter came to light after an FIR was filed on Wednesday by the woman at the Gandhi Maidan police station. According to the woman, she along with her husband had come to her maternal uncle’s house …

UP: Nadeem rapes minor Muslim girl in Baghpat, Islamists falsely blame Hindus
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UP: Nadeem rapes minor Muslim girl in Baghpat, Islamists falsely blame Hindus

Op India  

Days after an 11-year-old Muslim girl was abducted and raped in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, Islamists on social media falsely blamed the Hindu community for the heinous crime. 1920 ANALYSIS: Misleading FACT: A sensitive video of a rape victim is being circulated claiming that an 11-Year-old Muslim girl was kidnapped and gang-raped by three Hindu men in Baghpat, UP. …

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has DENIED BAIL to a man accused of conspiring to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad. Observing that it is a case of "extreme communal hatred" wherein the deceased was eliminated by way of a "brutal daylight murder", a bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery denied bail …

Delhi HC acquits four in gangrape case
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC acquits four in gangrape case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted four men sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court for allegedly abducting and gangraping a woman in 2018, saying the investigation was not upto the mark. Allowing the appeal filed by the four men challenging the trial court’s judgment, the high court said no incriminating word had been said by …

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

Rajasthan: Around 20 Women Gang-raped on Pretext of Jobs in Anganwadi, Case Against Two
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan: Around 20 Women Gang-raped on Pretext of Jobs in Anganwadi, Case Against Two

News 18  

In a shocking incident from Rajasthan, around 20 women were allegedly gang-raped on the pretext of employment opportunities in Anganwadi. A case of gang rape was filed against the chairperson of the Sirohi Municipal Council in Rajasthan, Mahendra Mevada, and the former municipal council Commissioner, Mahendra Choudhary. According to an India Today report, they have been accused of gang rape …

Jharkhand shocker: Woman raped by drivers of senior officials in Palamu, accused arrested
1 year, 2 months ago

Jharkhand shocker: Woman raped by drivers of senior officials in Palamu, accused arrested

India TV News  

In a shocking incident, a woman was raped by drivers of two senior officials in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Thursday, police said in a statement. The accused were identified as Dharmendra Kumar, a driver in escort of Palamu Deputy Commissioner Shashi Ranjan, and Prakash Kumar, the driver in residence of Palamu Superintendent of Police Reeshma Ramesan. The SP said that …

Five held for gang-rape of Delhi woman in Ghaziabad’s Tronica City
1 year, 3 months ago

Five held for gang-rape of Delhi woman in Ghaziabad’s Tronica City

Hindustan Times  

After three men allegedly gang-raped a 23-year-old Delhi woman near the jungles of Khanpur in Loni’s Tronica City on the evening of November 30, police arrested five men on Sunday, and said the gangalso allegedly tried to rape the woman’s friend, but abandoned their attempt and fled the scene on noticing a private vehicle coming that way. The police said …

Uttar Pradesh police shielding accused in rape, murder case of Dalit woman, says fact-finding report
1 year, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh police shielding accused in rape, murder case of Dalit woman, says fact-finding report

The Hindu  

A fact-finding report by a team of advocates and human rights activists has found the Uttar Pradesh police guilty of gross negligence and shielding men from an upper caste community who allegedly gang-raped and murdered a Dalit woman in Banda district on October 31. The police made considerable attempts to dilute the “caste atrocity”, said the report published this week …

Can women be accused of rape? Supreme Court to examine
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Allahabad HC Denies Bail To An 'Ojha' Accused Of Raping 15 Y/O Girl On Pretext Of Curing Her Through Religious Methods
1 year, 3 months ago

Allahabad HC Denies Bail To An 'Ojha' Accused Of Raping 15 Y/O Girl On Pretext Of Curing Her Through Religious Methods

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to an 'Ojha' for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl under the pretext to provide treatment to her through religious methods. Essentially, the allegations against the accused were to the effect that due to the bad health of the victim, her father invited the applicant, who was an 'Ojha' to treat her, however, …

1999 Rape-Murder Case| 'Victim Was Sexually Assaulted & Killed But Accused Being Real Culprits Not Proved': Allahabad HC Acquits 3
1 year, 4 months ago

1999 Rape-Murder Case| 'Victim Was Sexually Assaulted & Killed But Accused Being Real Culprits Not Proved': Allahabad HC Acquits 3

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently acquitted three accused in a 1999 rape and murder case concerning a 13-year-old girl as it found that the prosecution was not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused/appellants were the real culprits. “No doubt that the victim has been sexually assaulted and was strangled to death but it is not proved …

Girl Gang-Raped by Five Men For 20 Days in UP; Accused Absconding
1 year, 4 months ago

Girl Gang-Raped by Five Men For 20 Days in UP; Accused Absconding

News 18  

A 19-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by five men for 20 days here, police said on Monday. In her complaint, the survivor said the accused were supported by two women – Saira Begum and Zeba Khan. Circle officer Jitendra Kumar Sargam said, “A woman levelled allegations of abduction and gang-rape against seven people, and after initial investigation, we …

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused, Cites Attempts To Threaten Victim, Influence Police Investigation
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused, Cites Attempts To Threaten Victim, Influence Police Investigation

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has refused to grant bail to the petitioners, accused of gang-rape by the victim who alleged that she was attacked at the birthday party of one of the accused. Earlier, a division-bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Gaurang Kanth had taken serious exception to the police’s actions in harassing the victim, and the petitioner’s attempts …

Clothes Torn, Hands & Legs Tied: 35-Year-Old Found Unconscious in Open Field After Gangrape in MP's Ashok Nagar
1 year, 5 months ago

Clothes Torn, Hands & Legs Tied: 35-Year-Old Found Unconscious in Open Field After Gangrape in MP's Ashok Nagar

News 18  

In a horrific incident reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Ashok Nagar, a 35-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by four men, police said on Monday. The woman was reportedly found unconscious in a field with her hands and legs tied. The police said that an injured woman was found lying unconscious in an agricultural field, Sub Divisional Officer of Police …

Rajasthan: Bhilwara gang-rape case turns out to be false, police say woman was with the men willingly
1 year, 6 months ago

Rajasthan: Bhilwara gang-rape case turns out to be false, police say woman was with the men willingly

Op India  

On Saturday night, September 9, 2023, a woman was found naked on a road in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, who had claimed that she was gang-raped by three men. On receiving this information, the police reached the spot, took the woman to Gangapur Hospital and got her medically examined. A large number of people gathered outside the deputy superintendent of police’s office …

'Age-Old Principle "Where Women Are Respected, Gods Live There" Would Recede To Background' : Supreme Court Cancels Bail To Gang-Rape Accused
1 year, 6 months ago

'Age-Old Principle "Where Women Are Respected, Gods Live There" Would Recede To Background' : Supreme Court Cancels Bail To Gang-Rape Accused

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while allowing an appeal challenging the grant of bail to accused in a gang rape case, observed: “The offence alleged in the instant case is heinous and would be onslaught on the dignity of the womanhood and the age old principle of यत ननायर्यस्तत पपूज्यन्तत रमन्तत तत दतवतनाताः would recede to the background …

No arrest in gang-rape, murder of Dalit girl in Rajasthan, family refuse body
1 year, 9 months ago

No arrest in gang-rape, murder of Dalit girl in Rajasthan, family refuse body

India Today  

The accused men in the alleged gang-rape and murder of a Dalit girl are yet to be arrested and they continue to be held in the police station for nearly four days now in Rajasthan’s Bikaner. The woman’s family accused three people, including two constables, of raping her, the police said, adding that both the policemen were suspended immediately. On …

Rajasthan: Dalit woman gang-raped, murdered; two cops among accused
1 year, 9 months ago

Rajasthan: Dalit woman gang-raped, murdered; two cops among accused

India TV News  

Dalit woman gang-raped, murdered: A Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Rajasthan’s Bikaner following which two police personnel were suspended for their suspected role in the incident, officials said on Wednesday. The family of the victim has accused three persons of raping the woman which included two police constables, Inspector General of Police Om Prakash said. Family’s allegations …

Courts Should Not Draw Conclusions At Stage Of Bail About Promise Of Marriage, Such Finding Must Await Evaluation Of Evidence At Trial: Delhi HC
1 year, 9 months ago

Courts Should Not Draw Conclusions At Stage Of Bail About Promise Of Marriage, Such Finding Must Await Evaluation Of Evidence At Trial: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that it is neither appropriate nor feasible for courts to draw any conclusion or return any finding at the stage of bail of an accused as to whether a promise of marriage made to a prosecutrix was false or in bad faith.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani added that such a a finding or decision …

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