All options are open to appeal in higher courts against the Juvenile Justice Board's decision that the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape-murder case is a minor, say sources in the Delhi Police. Sources in the police say that the Juvenile Justice Board's order was based on the school certificate of the accused that declares his age is 17 years and six months. ...
09:48 AM, Jan 29, 2013
A Sub-Inspector of police posted at the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad was arrested on Monday for allegedly attempting to outrage the modesty of a 35-year-old woman, police said. ...
10:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
A doctor at Ramdev's Pantanjali Ayurvedic clinic here allegedly molested a woman. According to Noida police, the victim, a media professional, lodged an FIR against the doctor identified as Ashok Bhadoria accusing him of molesting her at the clinic in Sector 32 after which he was arrested. ...
12:49 PM, Jan 27, 2013
The rape of a 47-year-old woman near a Colombo suburb has evoked a similar sentiment of outrage as that was witnessed in India after the Delhi gangrape case. The woman was allegedly raped by four auto drivers and is in hospital now. ...
09:21 AM, Jan 26, 2013
The Vice Principal of the Don Bosco School, Pune, will be produced before a judicial magistrate on Friday on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 14-year-old student. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 25, 2013
A final-year BBA student has been arrested for allegedly molesting two minor girls, both sisters, under the pretext of giving them tuition, at Chamundinagar area, police said. The girls, aged eight and six years, were playing in front of their house on Thursday night while their daily wage earning parents were away at work when the student enticed them to his house, saying he would teach them lessons and molested...
07:43 AM, Jan 25, 2013
A rapist remains a rapist regardless of his relationship with the victim. This extract from a foreign judgement was endorsed by the Justice JS Verma committee in its report as it said that marriage or any other intimate relationship between a man and a woman is "not a valid" defence against sexual crimes like rape. ...
04:31 PM, Jan 24, 2013
A young boy axed his father to death for allegedly molesting his sister in Indore in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday, police said. The maternal grandfather and uncle of the teenage boy helped him in killing his 45-year-old father. ...
03:42 PM, Jan 24, 2013
A doctor with over 20 years of experience recounts the horror she faced during her tenure as a resident doctor at IIM-Bangalore. The doctor alleges that she was sexually harassed by the Chief Administrative Office of the institute and was later thrown out when she complained against him. ...
12:02 PM, Jan 23, 2013
In a shocking development in the gangrape of a 26-year-old nurse in Punjab on Sunday, the police has now claimed that the woman had been booked last year on charges of injecting an HIV-infected needle into a woman with whose husband she was allegedly having an affair with. ...
02:11 PM, Jan 21, 2013
After the horrific Delhi gangrape incident which shook the nation to its foundation, people for the first time in one voice said 'No to crimes ...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Goa Police on Wednesday released a sketch of the suspect in connection with the rape case of a seven-year-old girl. It also declared an award of Rs 50,000 for providing information about the suspect. A 15-member special investigation team has also been formed to track the suspect, who has been at large after committing the crime. ...
08:05 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Two minor tribal girls were allegedly raped by two brothers near the construction site of the proposed Kakaito Dam under the Govardhan police station recently, the police said on Wednesday. A driver and an electrician raped the two girls - aged 14 and 15 years - on January 9 and 13 respectively, they said. ...
09:26 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The wife of a serial offender, who allegedly raped and murdered a minor girl following release from jail after serving sentence in similar offences, says her husband should be "hanged for the heinous crime." ...
06:07 PM, Jan 14, 2013
After Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya drew flak for 'Lakshman rekha' remark, his senior colleague Babulal Gaur on Sunday said 'foreign culture' of women wearing jeans and T-shirts, drinking liquor and dancing with other men is not good for India. ...
11:51 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit opened up to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate and admitted to lapses on part of the police and the government in ensuring the safety of women. ...
08:28 PM, Jan 13, 2013
A 32-year-old man, who was released from jail for his good behaviour after serving sentence in a rape and murder case of a minor girl, was again arrested for allegedly raping and killing a girl in Shirdi, police said on Sunday. Sunil Suresh alias Pappu Salve was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old girl from Shirdi town of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra on December 28, 2012 following which...
03:14 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Six persons were booked on the alleged charges of molestation and beating up a woman in Gurdaspur on Saturday, police said. The molesters, identified as Gogan, Shaikhu, Ravi, Honey, Shamu and Rimpa passed lewd remarks at the woman near Geeta Bhawan Road in the city, Gurdaspur(City) SHO, Gurdeep Singh said. ...
06:37 PM, Jan 12, 2013
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her relative in Rasoolpur village under Satrikh police station area in Barabanki, police said. The girl had gone to the agriculture field on Friday evening when her distant relative Sanjay (30) lured her to a secluded place and allegedly raped her, they said. ...
01:14 PM, Jan 12, 2013
A court in Cuttack district on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl, while another court in Sambalpur district convicted a separate person on charge of rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. The additional district judge (Fast Track) Sushil Kumar Ray sentenced Minja Naik of Tigiria area to life imprisonment and penalty of Rs 2,000 for raping a minor girl. He was convicted under...
10:29 PM, Jan 11, 2013
