Page 9 - Rape Cases

HC asks SIT if law student's allegations against Chinmayanand were probed

The law student on Sept 5 had alleged in her application that Chinmayanand had shot her obscene video in his mobile phone

Row over 'rape girls for wearing short dresses' video rages on social media

While there was unquestionable courage in the fact that Gupta confronted her tormentor, the exchange also revealed curiously misogynistic views while upholding more obvious feminist values

US lists torture, rape in police custody among human right abuses in India

The other major issues of human rights violations included widespread corruption, lack of criminal investigations or accountability for cases related to rape, domestic violence

Five NGO activists gang-raped at gunpoint in Jharkhand's Khunti district

Police have filed an FIR and are contacting the victims to probe all angles of the case

Death to child rapists: Mufti govt okays two ordinances after Kathua horror

J&K Cabinet, which met under Mehbooba Mufti, approved two ordinances to provide stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of rape of minor girls

Child rapists: 76% people want death penalty for perpetrators, says Survey

According to the survey, 18 per cent voted for life imprisonment without parole for convicted rapists while three per cent said it should be a seven-year jail term

Preparing proposal for death penalty for rape of minor below 12 yrs: Maneka

Her comments came in the wake of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir

The rape cases of 2012 & 2018 that shook the nation

The proximate political failures in both these cases are greater than in 2012, and require a more robust political response

Capital punishment for raping girls below 12, says Haryana CM Khattar

CM also assured people that the police were working actively to solve the recent cases of rape

Protests erupt over rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Pakistan's Punjab

The police have taken four suspects into custody

In nearly 95% rape cases, accused is known to victim, reveals NCRB data

The NCRB report also stated that in 2016, in 557 cases, the accused are live-in partners, husband and ex-husbands