Megh HC | ”Bail and not Jail” Court grants bail to accused charge sheeted for raping own mother
Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J., allowed a bail application which was filed under Section 439 CrPC with a prayer for grant
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Ker HC | “Child molestation is a shame on society; but if the allegations are false, it is lethal to the life of the accused”; HC acquits father accused of raping his minor daughter
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K.Vinod Chandran and C. Jayachandran, JJ., acquitted the father accused of raping his own minor
Cal HC | Court explains ”Intelligible testimony” and “reverse burden of proof”; dismisses appeal of accused charged for raping 3 year old girl under S. 6, POCSO Act
Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Rabindranath Samanta, JJ., dismissed a criminal appeal which was filed against the
5-year-old raped, killed, thrown into a stream: SC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment
Supreme Court: In a case where a death row convict subjected a 5-year-old girl to rape, killed her by strangulation, and then
Conviction can be based on Testimony of Child Witness: Is it obligatory for a Judge to ask the child whether he/she is able to understand questions put to her? Bom HC [Full Story]
Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., opined that where the witness is of tender age (as in the instant case before the
Law on Grant of Bail | Father-in-Law accused of raping own Daughter-in-Law: Read whether Del HC grants bail or not
Delhi High Court: In a case wherein a father-in-law was accused of raping his own daughter-in-law, Subramonium Prasad, J., expressed that, Rape
What amounts to attempt to rape? Supreme Court explains in a 2005 attempted rape of minor girls
Supreme Court: In a case where the accused had lured minor girls aged 8 and 9, took them inside the room, closed
MP HC | Show cause notice issued against the Trial Court Judge for disclosing name of the rape victim; Court grants bail to the accused
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Deepak Kumar Agarwal, J., allowed a bail application which was filed by the applicant for grant of regular
Guj HC | Man’s conviction set aside in charges for raping minor wife; Non-interference by Court would reduce the lady and two children without shelter
Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., allowed an appeal which was filed against the judgment and order passed by the Special Judge
CBI | Does not find any fault in the coda but questions the agenda | Accepts CBI’s closure report but questions the investigation
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI), while accepting the closure report questioned the delayed investigation by the
[Rape] Kar HC | Guilt of the accused can be established only after examination of all the witnesses as desired by the prosecution; Matter remitted back to adduce necessary evidence
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of G I Narendar and M I Arun JJ. allowed the appeal and set aside the
Lower Court Judge failed in its duty to protect dignity of rape victim: Bom HC’s decision on committing of rape by cab driver joined by his accomplice
Bombay High Court: Pained to note the permitting of questions by the Lower Court which crossed all lines of dignity of a
Ker HC | Can the fact that minor rape victim attained majority and married the rapist lead to quashment of criminal proceedings? HC answers
Kerala High Court: Shircy V., J., held that argument that now the victim of rape had attained majority and was living happily
Priest of Temple commits penetrative sexual assault on young girl: Ker HC observes which God would accept obeisance and offerings of such Priest or make him a medium?
Kerala High Court: Expressing, “When a man abandons his wife and children, roving vultures wait to prey on not only the abandoned
Sikk HC | Sole testimony of a deaf and dumb woman, unable to answer questions not reliable enough to convict rape accused; Court dismisses petition
Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed a criminal leave petition which
Chh HC | “Sexual intercourse by husband would not constitute an offence of rape even if it was by force or against her wish”; Can a wife initiate proceedings against her husband for unnatural sex under S. 377 IPC?
Chhattisgarh High Court: N K Chandravanshi, J. partly allowed the revision petition by discharging the applicant of charge under Section 376 Penal
Gau HC | “Both victim and accused are State’s future assets”; HC grants bail to IIT student accused of raping his junior
Gauhati High Court: Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to an IIT student accused of raping his junior. The Bench stated, “Both the
Is tour operator liable for rape of tourist by hotel employee? Read UKSC’s ruling on how to interpret package travel contract
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC): Bench of Lord Hodge, Lord Llyod-Jones, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin, while unanimously allowing the
All HC | “Little girls are worshipped in our country, but cases of pedophilia are increasing” : HC says it’s time to strictly stop this kind of crime
Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J., expressed that, “Little girls are worshiped in our country, but the cases of pedophilia are
‘Tragic to note practicing advocates trivialising offence of rape’: Del HC reiterates SC’s stand on whether power under S. 482 CrPC be exercised for quashing offence of rape when parties compromise
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., observed that, Rape is not merely a physical assault; it is often destructive of the whole