[Kidnapping] Existing Familial Bond Cannot Be Used To Justify Removing Minor From Legal Guardian's Custody: Calcutta High Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

[Kidnapping] Existing Familial Bond Cannot Be Used To Justify Removing Minor From Legal Guardian's Custody: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of an accused who was sentenced under Section 363 of the IPC for the offence of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who was returning from school with her father.On her way home, she passed a Maruti car parked on the road. The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of an accused who was sentenced under Section 363 of the IPC for the offence of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who was returning from school with her father. In upholding the conviction, but releasing the accused due to time already served, a single bench of Justice Ananya Bandopadhyay held: The consent of the victim is immaterial and the subsisting family bond cannot be an excuse for an escape of the victim from the parental custody at the pretext or behest of pleasant and affable relationship or to justify an act of removing a minor from the custody of her legal guardian and further does not absolve the appellant from being indicted of the offence under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant was convicted under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 4 years and also to pay a fine of Rs.2000/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for further a period of 4 months for the commission of an offence under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code.

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India Today  

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Live Law  

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2 years, 9 months ago

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Live Law  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

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3 years, 2 months ago

'Consent Was Immaterial': Calcutta High Court Upholds Conviction Of Man For Raping Girl Aged Below 16 Yrs

Live Law  

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3 years, 9 months ago

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Live Law  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

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5 years, 5 months ago

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India TV News  

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6 years, 6 months ago

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Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed an appeal filed by a man convicted of rape by establishing sexual relations with a woman on false promise of marriage.Justice Rajasekhar Mantha opined that the promise of marriage made by the appellant wasn’t proven to be false as the plans for the couple’s marriage were essentially thwarted by the appellant’s father who …

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7 years, 7 months ago

Bombay HC Partly Allows Appeal Against Order Of Conviction That Sentenced Accused Separately Under POCSO Act, Sec 376 [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Partly allowing an appeal against conviction of an accused under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act as well Section 376 of IPC, the Bombay High Court has said although the accused is held guilty under both counts, he can only be sentenced under one which has greater punishment.A bench of Justice AM Badar was hearing …

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7 years, 7 months ago

Bombay HC Partly Allows Appeal Against Order Of Conviction That Sentenced Accused Separately Under POCSO Act, Sec 376 [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Partly allowing an appeal against conviction of an accused under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act as well Section 376 of IPC, the Bombay High Court has said although the accused is held guilty under both counts, he can only be sentenced under one which has greater punishment.A bench of Justice AM Badar was hearing …

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8 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC answers interesting question about ‘Child custody’ petitions [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court answering an ‘interesting question’ about ‘child custody’ proceedings, has held that a spouse who seeks custody of the children by moving a petition under Section 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act and obtains interim orders cannot withdraw the proceedings and continue to take benefit of the interim orders. In the instant case, mother had filed a …

Gujarat HC upholds marriage of minor girl under Muslim Personal Law [Read the Judgment]
10 years, 3 months ago

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Live Law  

Upholding the marriage of a minor Muslim girl, Justice J.B. Pardiwala of the Gujarat High Court observed that, "According to the personal Law of Muslims, the girl no sooner she attains the puberty or completed 15 years, whichever is earlier, is competent to get married without the consent of her parents. Upholding the marriage of a minor Muslim girl, Justice …

Man rapes two minor daughters: Delhi HC upholds 10-year jail term
10 years, 5 months ago

Man rapes two minor daughters: Delhi HC upholds 10-year jail term

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court has upheld a lower court verdict awarding 10 years jail term to a man for raping his two minor daughters saying that “absolutely no motive” can be attributed to the victims that they implicated their father. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld a lower court verdict awarding 10 years jail term to a man …

Father is the natural guardian of a child in the absence of the mother, rules the Bombay High Court
11 years ago

Father is the natural guardian of a child in the absence of the mother, rules the Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has granted custody of a boy child to his father holding that a father is the natural guardian of his child.A Bench comprising Justices P V Hardas and A S Gadkari was hearing a Writ Petition filed by Amol Pawar, seeking custody of his two and a half year son who was being looked after by …

HC pulls up police for minor girl's marriage
11 years, 6 months ago

HC pulls up police for minor girl's marriage

India TV News  

Chennai: Pulling up police for not taking proper action on a complaint of 'kidnap' of a minor girl, who went on to marry a man of her choice, Madras High Court yesterday deprecated the practice of weddings taking place in police stations with the blessings of the officials. Closing a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by the father of the 17-year-old …

Delhi court acquits youth accused of raping 15-year-old cousin
11 years, 9 months ago

Delhi court acquits youth accused of raping 15-year-old cousin

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jun 25 : A youth, accused of raping his 15-year-old cousin after kidnapping her last year, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said the girl was a "consenting party" and it appears that she had done everything with her "sweet will". Additional Sessions Judge Illa Rawat acquitted the Delhi resident of the charges of kidnapping and …

India gang-rape trial begins as father urges hangings
12 years, 2 months ago

India gang-rape trial begins as father urges hangings

ABC  

A trial has begun for five men accused of carrying out a fatal gang-rape of a student on a New Delhi bus as the victim's father urges the special fast-track court to deliver swift justice. The trial is being held in a special "fast-track" court in the capital set up to circumvent India's notoriously slow justice system, with the victim's …

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