Rape

Mumbai (ILNS): The Bombay High Court recently upheld the life sentence of a 27-year-old man for raping a three-year-old girl in September 2014.

know about Crime Against Women Under Indian Penal Code,1860. This mantra from Smriti unmistakably shows the high spot of regard for women in the society in antiquated India, even so, the status of women in commonsense angles was not satisfactory.

New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered 21 FIRs across the state in the aftermath of the alleged gang rape and death of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras. The FIRs have been filed against charges such as defaming the government, inciting communal tension, sedition, promoting enmity, and criminal conspiracy.

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The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the acquittal of a person convicted for sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a two and-a-half-year-old girl, because of absence of credible evidence.

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The Judicial panel appointed by the Supreme Court last year to investigate the alleged fake encounter of four rape-murder accused in Hyderabad has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking more time to complete the investigation, which got delayed due to COVID 19 pandemic.

Lawyers from across the country, including some very senior lawyers of the Supreme Court, have written a letter to the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, expressing outrage at the jailing of a violent gang-rape victim and her two caregivers by a magistrate at the Araria district court.

Kerala High Court has explained the difference between consensual sex and rape during the hearing of a case. The court has commented that if a woman welcomes the prospect of sex from her partner, only then can it be considered sex by mutual consent. Otherwise it would be classified as rape.