Delhi High Court reduced the sentence of a man convicted in a 2009 minor rape case, noting the adolescent relationship, mutual name tattoos, long passage of time and settled lives of both parties.
Read Full ArticleThe Gujarat High Court rejected Asaram’s 20-day temporary bail plea, noting that the Supreme Court had already granted him liberty to approach it if his health deteriorates.
Delhi Police arrested bus driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep on August 31 after a 16-year-old Class 11 student from UP was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus near Kashmere Gate on the night of August 4. The accused were traced to a Timarpur parking lot. The bus has been seized for forensic examination and a POCSO case registered.
Gauhati High Court upholds 15-year rigorous imprisonment for a man convicted of raping his mother, stressing the grave nature of incestuous sexual violence.
The Jharkhand High Court acquitted a man in a rape case, holding that a five-year relationship was consensual and did not amount to rape on a false promise of marriage.
Supreme Court commutes life sentence to 20 years' RI in a gang-rape case, laying down the factors courts must weigh proportionality, age, antecedents, gravity while sentencing a convict.
Patna HC acquits studio owner of attempt to rape charge in Banka case, converts conviction to outraging modesty under Section 354 IPC. Why did the Patna High Court overturn a rape-attempt conviction f...
Jharkhand HC ruled that delay in marriage alone cannot turn a consensual relationship into rape, setting aside a man’s conviction under Section 376 IPC.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been sentenced to four years in prison by Oslo District Court after being convicted of two counts of rape and domestic violence, con...
Supreme Court grants interim protection to Abhijit Arun Gade and issues notice in his plea challenging Bombay HC’s rejection of anticipatory bail.
Bombay HC denied anticipatory bail to an accused in a film audition rape case involving concealed marriage and circulation of intimate videos.
Rajasthan High Court upheld Asaram’s life sentence for rape of a minor while acquitting him of gang rape charges and acquitting co-accused.
Punjab & Haryana HC acquits rape accused, finding prosecutrix used deceased woman’s identity, rendering her testimony unreliable and case unsustainable.
Sikkim High Court upholds rape conviction, ruling that a differently-abled victim’s silence cannot override credible medical and eyewitness evidence.
Supreme Court cautions young adults on pre-marital relationships in a bail plea over rape on false promise of marriage; suggests mediation.
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