LUCKNOW: Hours after the abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl sleeping with her mother under a bridge near Alambagh metro station, the accused was killed in an encounter with Lucknow police early Friday.The accused, identified as Deepak Verma, a habitual offender with multiple criminal cases lodged across city police stations, was traced through CCTV…
Minor Girl Gangrape in Karnataka: कर्नाटक के बेलगावी में एक 15 साल की नाबालिग के सामूहिक दुष्कर्म किया गया है. इस घटना के सामने आने के बाद पूरे राज्य में सनसनी मच गई है. इस भयानक घटना को 6 लोगों ने मिलकर अंजाम दिया है. घटना में शामिल कुल 6 आरोपियों में से पुलिस ने…
Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, who spearheaded the protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, responded strongly after a Delhi court dismissed the sexual harassment case filed under the POCSO Act against him.Bajrang was the first to react, pointing out…
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने आज ‘न्याय के हित’ में अपने ही फैसले को बदल दिया. नाबालिग के यौन उत्पीड़न के मुकदमे में दोषी को मिली सज़ा को आज कोर्ट ने खत्म कर दिया. दोनों पक्षों की आपसी सहमति के चलते इस मामले को कलकत्ता हाई कोर्ट ने भी खत्म किया था, लेकिन अगस्त 2024 में सुप्रीम…
NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B…
Relief for BJP’s Yediyurappa. NEW DELHI: Karnataka high court on Friday provided interim relief to former chief minister and BJP central parliamentary committee member BS Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case, staying the summons that required his personal appearance before the First Fast Track Court on March 15.Justice Pradeep Singh…
RAJKOT: A court in Dhoraji town, in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, found a 22-year-old man guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl despite his DNA not matching her fetus; the conviction was based on other evidence and the survivor’s statement.At the same time, the court, in its recent order, also ordered the Rajkot SP to conduct a…
BELAGAVI/KOLHAPUR: A girl who had filed a sexual harassment case against a bus conductor under the Pocso Act in the Belagavi ticket row over language last week, sought on Tuesday to withdraw the complaint. Her parents insisted they “too are fans of Kannada” in a bid to ease the flare-up across the border.The bus conductor,…
BENGALURU: A police constable in his late 30s has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor who sought assistance after being raped by her neighbour on the pretext of marriage.“In Dec last year, the girl and her mother approached Bommanahalli Police, alleging that the neighbour had been harassing the teen for marriage. The girl hadn’t…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC has upheld the sentence of a dismissed Lt Col to five years of imprisonment under Pocso Act for sexual assaulting and sexual harassing an 11-year-old girl. “The statement of the prosecutrix-minor girl inspires confidence… Her instinct of identifying a bad touch of the petitioner must be believed,” said a bench of Justices…