rape case

New Delhi, March 23 A Delhi court has granted regular bail to a 63-year-old man accused in a rape case, noting inconsistencies in the prosecution's case, a delay in filing the FIR, and the complainant's refusal to undergo a medical examination.Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Kharta...

Bengaluru, March 23 – Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Monday that the investigation into the alleged assault by a police inspector on women in Moodbidri, in Mangaluru district, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Addressing reporters in...

Nagpur, March 21 Union minister and RPI (A) chief Ramdas Athawale said on Saturday that his party was considering not fielding candidates in the upcoming West Bengal elections and instead supporting the BJP across all seats to avoid a split in votes.The Republican Party of India (Athawale)...

Mumbai, March 20 Facing criticism over her association with the rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar submitted her resignation on Friday.Chakankar, who is also the head of the NCP's women's wing, submitted the...

Mumbai, March 20 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked state women's commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign amid controversy over her alleged links with a rape accused.Chakankar met Fadnavis in the evening, and during the meeting, the chief minister asked her to...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – Expelled Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil secured a reprieve on Thursday after a local court here declined to cancel his anticipatory bail in one of the three rape cases filed against him, allowing him to remain out of custody for now.The Thiruvananthapuram...

Bengaluru, March 18 – The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the obscene video case involving former MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, filed a 13,712-page charge sheet in the case on Wednesday.Charges have been framed against 39 accused...

Kolkata, March 15 – With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing a two-phase polling schedule for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections on Sunday, political observers believe the polls could pose the toughest challenge for the ruling Trinamool Congress since it came to power in 2011...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking to enhance the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other convicted individuals in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 9 – Expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil has stated that he will not contest the Palakkad Assembly constituency as an independent candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala, even as speculation intensifies over his political future amid multiple legal...

New Delhi, March 7 A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking anticipatory bail for expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him.The plea, filed by the survivor, challenged the Kerala High Court's February 12 order.The high court had...

Chandigarh, March 7 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday overturned the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda, and acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.This acquittal came just over seven years after Ram...

Chandigarh, March 7 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, lawyer Jitender Khurana said on Saturday.The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was convicted and sentenced to...

Saharanpur (UP), March 1 Police have arrested four people for allegedly conspiring to fake the death of one of them by killing his debtor and burning the body inside a car here, officials said on Sunday.The accused have been identified as Arjun, Robin, and Vijay Sagar, residents of Biharigarh...

New Delhi, February 26 The Delhi High Court has directed the AIIMS here to constitute a medical board to examine Jaideep Sengar, who is seeking suspension of his 10-year jail sentence on medical grounds in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father.Jaideep Sengar (50) – the...

Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh), February 25 The bodies of a man accused in a rape case, who had been released on bail, and a 17-year-old girl with a mangalsutra around her neck were found hanging from a tree in a field in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.The...

Kolkata, February 24 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment sentence of a man, convicted for the rape of a minor, stating that his appeal, which has been pending since 2019, is yet to be heard, and that prior appeals are also pending.Noting that it is uncertain when...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 – Kerala Police approached a Thiruvananthapuram court on Monday, seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in connection with the second rape case. They alleged that he violated key bail conditions by attempting to...

Prayagraj, February 19 The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Bhojpuri YouTuber and comedian Mani Miraj, also known as Ramdi Miraj Alam, who is accused of rape and assault.Miraj was arrested by the Khoda Police Station in Ghaziabad on charges of rape under the guise of marriage.He has...