rape

Mumbai, March 25 – The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Wednesday, effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two...

New Delhi, March 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the anticipatory bail granted to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, while dismissing the survivor's plea challenging the...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A court in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in 2020, officials said on Wednesday.The court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Kumar also imposed a fine of...

Indore, March 24 Police have arrested a doctor in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman, claiming that he provided treatment and threatened her with obscene photographs, an official said on Tuesday.Following the doctor's arrest on Sunday, a group of people...

Mumbai, March 24 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured the State Assembly on Tuesday that "no one, regardless of their status or political affiliation, will be spared" in the investigation involving self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat.The Chief Minister said this includes...

Ballia (UP), March 24 A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and raping her for about eight months after taking her to Nagpur, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.According to police, the accused, identified as Mukesh Rajbhar, a resident of Urdaini...

Mumbai, March 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a girl in 2017, and ordered a fresh trial as he had not been represented by a lawyer during the earlier proceedings.A division bench of Justices...

Thane, March 24 Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The accused is alleged to have committed the crime between December 2023 and February of this year, after luring the victim...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said on Monday that if women are being exploited in the name of divine powers and with the blessings of those in power, then this is the most serious issue. This statement came after the arrest of a self-proclaimed godman for...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...

New Delhi, March 23 Questioning the "insensitive" approach of the Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a three-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gurugram police commissioner and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe...

Garhwa, March 23 A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a teenage girl in the Garhwa district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday.The arrest was made on Sunday after a month of investigation and interrogation of around 600 people, they said.The incident took...

New Delhi, March 23 Questioning the "insensitive" approach of the Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a four-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gurugram commissioner of police and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe...

Bhubaneswar, March 22 – The Odisha Police arrested five people on Sunday in two separate cases involving the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in the Dhenkanal district and the killing of a 14-year-old girl in the Mayurbhanj district.In the first case, the police in Dhenkanal district...

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), March 21 A 24-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in this area, police said.The accused has been identified as Ravi Chaudhary.According to Circle Officer (Khalilabad) Amit Kumar, the action was taken based on a complaint lodged...

Kolkata, March 21 The mother of the doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, alleged on Saturday that the death of a man following an elevator malfunction at the facility showed that the authorities were still negligent on safety issues.Arup...

Mumbai, March 21 A day after Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar resigned following her association with self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who was arrested for rape, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday that "fraud disciples" who follow "fraud...

Saran (Bihar), March 21 Five young men have been booked in Saran district of Bihar for the alleged rape and murder of a girl, who was reportedly in a relationship with one of the accused, officials said.The incident occurred in the Derni Police Station area of the district."Around 4:45 pm on...

Banda (UP), March 20 A 16-year-old girl has been found to be seven months pregnant after she was allegedly raped in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.According to the Kul Pahad Kotwali police, a case was registered on Friday based on a complaint from the minor. The...

Chennai, March 20 PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday criticised the DMK government over the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu, saying that the recent incident of a minor's rape and murder in Tuticorin has raised questions about the safety of women and children.Attacking the MK...