A court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday convicted a person and acquitted three others in the Hathras rape-murder case. The SC/ST court convicted the prime accused, Sandeep Singh, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, while the remaining three accused were acquitted. Whatever the court’s decision, we believe that all …
With sadness in his voice, the uncle of the 19-year-old woman who was assaulted and allegedly gang-raped in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, speaks fondly of the family’s pride. The uncle sums her up in one sentence: “She was a superstar.” Following her brutal assault on September 14, the young woman fought for her life at Aligarh’s J.N. Hathras gang rape | …
