Rape

T20 WC: SL batter Danushka Gunathilaka arrested on rape charges in Sydney

In a shocking turn of events, Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested in Sydney over alleged charges of rape on Sunday morning.

Kerala court sentences man to cumulative 48-year jail term for raping minor

A Kerala fast track court on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old man to a cumulative total of 48 years of imprisonment for raping his minor niece in 2015 at his residence in Munnar in the high range district of Idukki. The Idukki Fast Track Court sentenced the man to varying quantum of punishment, the highest of which was 10 years, to a total of 48 years for the offences of rape, molestation and sexual assault under the Indian Penal Code and Protection Of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and crimes under the Juvenile Justice Act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on the convict and directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 50,000 to the victim for her rehabilitation, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Shijo Mon Joseph, who appeared for the state in the matter, said. As the sentences have to be served concurrently and the highest of the jail terms was 10 years, the man would serve only 10 years behind bars, the SPP said. The offences were committed before ..

Supreme Court deprecates 'regressive' two-finger test on rape victims

The Supreme Court on Monday deprecated the "regressive" and "invasive" practice of the 'two-finger test' on rape survivors and said it has no scientific basis and instead re-victimises women who may have been sexually assaulted, and is an affront to their dignity. The 'two-finger test' is conducted on victims of sexual assault and rape to determine whether they are habituated to sexual intercourse. The top court said it is "patriarchal" and "sexist" to suggest that a woman cannot be believed when she states that she was raped, merely for the reason that she is sexually active. It said any person who conducts the two-finger test or per vaginum examination (while examining a person alleged to have been subjected to a sexual assault) in contravention of the directions of this court shall be guilty of misconduct. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli made the remarks in a judgement on a plea of the Jharkhand government in which it challenged the acquittal of one Shailendra

UP passes amendment Bill that denies anticipatory bail to rape accused

Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly on Friday passed the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2022 which bars granting of anticipatory bail to rape accused. UP Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, while speaking on the amendment bill in the house, said that a provision has been made to not grant anticipatory bail to those accused of offences under the POCSO Act and 'durachaar' (misconduct) with women. Denying anticipatory bail in sexual offenses against young people and women will reduce the chances of the accused destroying the evidence, he said. The provision will also help prevent the accused from intimidating or harassing the victim and other witnesses, Khanna said. The assembly also passed the Uttar Pradesh Public and Private Property Damage Recovery (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which extends the time period in which a claim can be filed from existing three months to three years. Khanna said that the amendment bill empowers a claims tribunal to ..

Victim knows the offender in over 95 per cent rape cases in India: Report

A total of 65,025 such cases were reported in 2021, and 96.8 per cent of the victims in these cases knew the rapist beforehand, the NCRB report revealed

Panchayat in Bihar's Jamui slaps Rs 5 lakh penalty on rape accused

Accused Mohammad Mohsin, resident of a village under Sikandara police station in the district, had raped the girl on the pretext of marriage

Delhi most unsafe for women, 2 minors raped every day last year: NCRB data

Two minor girls were raped every day last year in the national capital, which was the most unsafe metropolitan city for women across the country, according to the latest report of NCRB. Delhi also recorded 13,892 cases of crimes against women in 2021, a significant surge of more than 40% compared to 2020 when the figure was 9,782, the data showed. The cases of crimes against women in Delhi accounted for 32.20 per cent of total crimes in the category among all 19 metropolitan cities, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Delhi was followed by the financial capital Mumbai, which saw 5,543 such instances, and Bengaluru with 3,127 cases. Mumbai and Bengaluru accounted for 12.76 per cent and 7.2 per cent of total crimes in 19 cities, respectively. The national capital has also reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women in the categories related to kidnapping (3948), cruelty by husbands (4674) and girl child rapes (833) as compared to other ...

Criminalising marital rape: Delhi High Court delivers split verdict

Exception 2 of IPC Section 375 says that a rape charge cannot be filed against a man who has non-consensual sex with his wife

'Marriage not licence to unleash brutal beast', says Karnataka HC

The charge framed against the husband under Section 376 of the IPC for alleged rape of his wife does not warrant any interference.

HC says man should be tried for rape of wife, suggests law be changed

The court held that any such exemption for husbands will go against Article 14 which guarantees the right to equality

'Slip of tongue': Rajasthan minister apologises for his remark on women

Amid an uproar by the Opposition MLAs over his remarks in the House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Thursday tendered an apology saying it was a slip of tongue.

UP Polls: Rape cases reduced by half during Yogi's tenure, claims Shah

Senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Friday said in five years of the party's rule in Uttar Pradesh incidence of rape have gone down by 50 per cent. Addressing a public rally in Pratapgarh's Rampur Khas area, Shah claimed Yogi Adityanath's government ended the mafia raj in the state bringing down the number of violent crimes substantially. Dacoity reduced by 72 per cent, loot went down by 62 per cent, murders by 31 per cent, kidnapping by 29 per cent, while rape cases went down by 50 per cent. This has been done by the BJP government, Shah said. He attributed the nurturing of criminal elements to previous governments of SP and BSP, and asked people to vote for the BJP if they wanted criminals to stay behind bars. This SP-BSP, BSP-SP, the governments of 'bua and bhatija' pushed the state into control of strongmen and mafia. The BJP government in just five years relieved the state of mafia, Shah said, referring to Mayawati as 'bua' and Akhilesh Yadav as 'bhatija'. The leader referred to .

Woman gang-raped, paraded through Delhi streets: 7 women among 9 held

Several videos purportedly of the woman being paraded did the rounds of social media

Clarify stand on marital rape criminalisation: Delhi HC tells Centre

Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that the Centre has to say yes or no as in issues such as the present one, deliberation does not end

Teenager gang raped, blackmailed in Haryana's Jind; three booked

The alleged gang rape took place on August 5 last year when the Class 11 girl had gone to meet a woman

Allahabad HC acquits man sentenced to death for rape, murder of minor

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man who had been awarded death penalty in the rape and murder of a minor.

Congress MLA Ramesh Kumar apologises for his 'enjoy rape' comment

Congress MLA K R Ramesh Kumar, who had courted controversy by saying "enjoy rape when it is inevitable", apologised for his 'off the cuff remark'

'When rape is inevitable, enjoy it...': Congress MLA in Karnataka Assembly

Senior Karnataka Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar made a sexist and unsavoury comment on rape in the state Assembly

Shakti Mills gangrape case: HC commutes death penalty of three to life term

In March 2104, the trial court had convicted four persons for gangraping a 22-year-old photo-journalist inside the abandoned Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai on August 22, 2013.

Cuban woman accuses Diego Maradona of raping her when she was a minor

Maradona, reckoned by many as the greatest footballer ever, died last year after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot.