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Image Used For Representational Purpose Only GURGAON: A 3.5-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death after being lured away from her neighbourhood in the area falling under the jurisdiction of sector 37 police station on Thursday.Police said that at around 12.20am on February 20, Police Station Sector-37 received information about the child going missing….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that groping a female and untying her pyjama string constituted “attempt to rape” and set aside Allahabad HC’s controversial judgment terming the offence not an “attempt” but “preparation to commit rape”, which attracts less punishment, being categorised as outraging the modesty of a woman. The HC’s March 17,…
LUCKNOW: A young Army aspirant on her way to UP’s Mau by train for her NCC ‘C-certificate’ exam has lodged a police complaint against a TTE, accusing him of attempting to rape her inside a First AC cabin of the Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express on Sunday, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. GRP has announced a reward of Rs 10,000…
The Court highlighted that long-term consensual activity despite awareness of marital status was material to evaluate claims of coercion or misconception of fact. (AI image) The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR alleging rape, criminal intimidation and related offences against a pilot, holding that the material on record indicated a long-term consensual relationship between…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has overturned a 20-year sentence awarded by a lower court in a 2018 case involving the alleged gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Haldwani, citing serious lapses in the handling and preservation of forensic evidence.The case relates to an incident reported on March 7, 2018, in Haldwani’s Banphulpura…
RAIPUR: A 57-year-old rape accused, who was out on bail, allegedly stabbed the complainant to death at an anganwadi centre in Balod district where she worked, on Friday, and later died by suicide on the spot.According to police, a few children were having meal inside a room when he reached the anganwadi centre. He asked…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday heard a petition filed by Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi seeking quashing of a rape FIR registered against him in 2019 at Mumbai’s Versova police station.According to ANI, appearing for the actor, advocate Prashant Patil reiterated the plea to set aside the FIR. Pancholi has been named as an accused…
Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant immediate relief to rape convict and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape victim’s father, but requested the Delhi High Court to hear his plea seeking suspension of sentence…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over misuse of the criminal justice system by filing of rape cases when a consenting relationship turns sour, Supreme Court on Thursday held that a married woman who gets into a physical relationship with another man cannot file a rape case against him on the ground that she got into the…
In the spotlight for her striking role as a rape victim in the upcoming film ‘Assi,’ Kani Kusruti is captivating audiences with her emotional depth. This film represents her third creative partnership with director Anubhav Sinha and co-star Taapsee Pannu. The trailer for ‘Assi’ has generated strong reactions since its release and has put actor…
