Relationship history and consent
When a Supreme Court judge asks, in open court, "She went on to have a child with the man without marriage, and now she is saying rape and assault — what is this?", two things happen simultaneously.
When a Supreme Court judge asks, in open court, "She went on to have a child with the man without marriage, and now she is saying rape and assault — what is this?", two things happen simultaneously.
The little girl, who is reportedly part of the Banjara community, had been sleeping on a simple cot under a mosquito net beside her grandmother at a Railway shed. This shed is where the family lives, having lost their homes in recent demolitions.
Residents have been urged to take precautions while the suspect remains at large, and community leaders are calling for calm while supporting the victim.
After the horrific abduction, rape, and murder of a Class VII tribal schoolgirl in Rampurhat, the Birbhum district child protection department has decided to instal ‘Moner Kotha’ (mind’s speech) boxes in every school in the district, where students can freely report any incidents of abuse or distress.
Releasing the victim’s identity and making the recording of her conversation public violates the Supreme Court guidelines, BJD’s senior general secretary Tukuni Sahu lamented while briefing reporters here today.
A district court in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing his minor niece in 2021.
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024’, providing for a mandatory death penalty for the crime of rape and murder, on Tuesday.
Amid continuing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a laboratory worker at Howrah Sadar Hospital has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor patient.
The case was registered based on a complaint filed by the woman actor. She filed the complaint with the state police chief via email on Tuesday alleging that Siddique had raped her at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram in 2016.
Four tribal boys were arrested on the charges of the rape of a sixteen-year-old girl at their native place near here last night. The girl, according to the police, had come to her kin's place a few days ago.
