New Delhi: An accused in December 16 gangrape case has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court on Wednesday, adding that he was critically ill.
Additional Sessions Judge directed Tihar Jail authorities to ensure that proper medical care is given to him.
The accused, Vinay Sharma, was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was taken from Tihar Jail with high fever. He has not attended court proceedings since May 8 due to his health issues.
His counsel told the court that Sharma has been hospitalised and is in a "critical condition". He added that the accused was not getting proper treatment in hospital as the doctors were on strike....
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12:46 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: In a twist to the December 16 gangrape case, sources say that the records of the bus in which the incident took place have been destroyed. However, sources said that the Crime Branch is checking if this is a periodic cleansing undertaken by the transport department. Sources add that the Crime Branch has some evidence against the Transport Department officials who gave clearance to the bus owner Dinesh...
12:08 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: With the trial in the Delhi gangrape case "almost 90 per cent complete", the court verdict is expected to come by the end of May, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. In an interview with a news channel Neeraj Kumar said: "The trial of December 16 (2012) case is almost 90 per cent complete and judgment is expected by the end of May." On December 16, 2012, a...
10:46 PM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old youth arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after both of them told the court that they were in a relationship and would like to get married. The accused was arrested on February 21, 2013 by the Nalasopara police after receiving a complaint from the girl's mother that her daughter was missing. The girl, a Class 10 student, had...
12:22 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Manoj Sah, the main accused in the rape case of a five-year-old in east Delhi, was on Thursday remanded by a city court to five-day police custody. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg remanded Manoj, 22, to police custody till April 30 after the probe agency said, "He has to be taken to his native place in Muzzafarpur, Bihar to recover the 'blood-stained clothes' which he was wearing at...
03:31 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has slammed the police crackdown on women. It pulled up the Delhi Police and sought an explanation from the Commissioner, Neeraj Kumar, on the use of force on young girls who were demonstrating at an East Delhi hospital against the alleged rape of a five-year-old. Taking cognisance of the matter, the apex court has asked Kumar to file an affidavit to explain why a young...
12:55 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The condition of the 5-year-old rape survivor in Delhi is stable and she is still on a semi-solid diet, said doctors treating her at AIIMS. Her fever has subsided and she is more alert and active. S team of psychiatrists are counselling the 5-year old. "She has had a good breakfast. Her fever has come down. And she is afebrile (not feverish) now. Her colostomy is functioning normally,"...
03:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The 5-year-old Delhi rape survivor's condition is stable, doctors said, and she is still on a semi-solid diet. Meanwhile, the second accused, Pradeep, was brought to Delhi from Bihar on Monday and is likely to be produced in court on Tuesday. The other accused is in custody till May 4. Protests are also likely to continue on the streets and in Parliament after Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
07:54 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday ruled out his resignation over the Gandhi Nagar rape case, asking the assembled mediapersons how was it going to help. "I can resign a thousand times if it helped. But can such cases be sorted out with my resignation?" he asked. "When you people make a mistake, does your editor resign?" he further asked. Kumar added that the second accused in...
03:45 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday sought to defuse tension over the recent Delhi rape case and said that crimes against women were not Delhi-centric, but happened across India. Laying down a statement in the House, Shinde said that prompt action had been taken in the case and added that reports of the police offering bribe to the survivor's family to hush up the matter would be...
02:40 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Nagpur: The four-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh, has shown no signs of improvement since she was brought to Nagpur. She has suffered severe brain injuries, her doctors said on Monday. Her CT scan, MRI and EEG have reportedly been done. The minor was shifted to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra in an air ambulance on Sunday as her condition remained...
12:48 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Mukesh, an accused in the December 16, 2012 gangrape, on Saturday changed his counsel ML Sharma who failed to appear in a fast track court in New Delhi for the fourth successive hearing. Advocate Sharma has been replaced by advocate Rajeev Jain, appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the court April 18, after the accused moved an application. Mukesh asked Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna he wanted...
06:48 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: A lawyer representing one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case was on Tuesday warned for his repeated failure to appear in the proceedings by a special court which said had it not been this case an "adverse order" would have been passed against him. "I am not passing an adverse order. Had it been other case then I would have done it," Additional Sessions Judge...
07:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file response within a week on detention of a 10-year-old rape victim by police in Bulandshahr, when she approached them to lodge a complaint. "A minor cannot be put in lock up," a bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said while expressing its displeasure over the incident. The bench also asked advocate Anita Shenoy to assist...
07:59 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: A fast-track court on Monday sought Delhi Police's reply on the plea of one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case for 15 days interim bail on the ground he has see his ailing mother in a hospital. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the police to file its reply by Tuesday on accused Akshay Singh's plea to visit his mother, who he says is in...
07:34 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Kottayam: The Suryanelli girl goes to the office in the morning with her long, wavy hair neatly combed, tiny gold earrings glinting, packed lunch in hand, like a normal working woman in India. But once she leaves her front gate, she holds her body tight, with shoulders hunched and arms wrapped around her, and looks down. If she makes eye contact, a stranger at the bus stop might recognize her...
09:18 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Kochi: The Suryanelli gangrape survivor on Friday withdrew her request to appoint Special prosecutors to contest the appeals of the 35 accused in the case in the Kerala High Court. However, the court permitted the survivor to make an application to appoint a counsel of her choice to assist the prosecution. Earlier, the government had informed the court that her request to appoint two special prosecutors - Suresh Babu Thomas...
07:09 PM, Apr 12, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 11, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
12:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of the Bulandshahr minor rape case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain why a minor rape victim was locked up in the jail when she approached the police to file a complaint. The apex court has asked the state government to submit its reply by Monday. The 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when...
12:16 PM, Apr 10, 2013
