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Rape

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Man rapes and murders a 7-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl; kills fellow inmate after conviction. SC confirms death sentence 

“We could only wonder what more of criminal activity would qualify as blemish, if not the involvement and conviction in a case of murder of a fellow jail inmate!”

Published on July 2, 2022July 8, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court | Friendship with the person of fairer sex, does not confer a licence upon a man to force himself upon her; Anticipatory bail application, rejected

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. rejected an anticipatory bail application which was filed apprehending arrest for the offences punishable under Sections

Published on June 30, 2022July 7, 2022By Editor_4
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Patna High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Can non-resistance by rape survivors be the ground for acquittal for the accused? Patna High Court decides

Patna High Court: While dealing with a case of rape, A M Badar, J. observed that mere non-offering of physical resistance by

Published on June 29, 2022July 1, 2022By Editor_4
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Kerala High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to cine artist & producer Vijay Babu in a rape case

Kerala High Court: In a high-profile rape case that ignited controversy in the cine industry, Bechu Kurian Thomas, J., granted anticipatory bail

Published on June 23, 2022August 5, 2022By Editor_4
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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Non-examination of a 4-year-old victim immaterial when scientific and circumstantial evidence prove the guilt of the accused

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna, JJ. upheld the impugned conviction order considering the accused has

Published on June 14, 2022June 22, 2022By Editor
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Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC │ Court finds rape charges “vexatious and frivolous “; FIR quashed after delay of 18 years to file a case

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. allowed a petition which was preferred under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking

Published on June 14, 2022June 22, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC| Statutory diktat for sexual offenses most often unknown to students and youths; HC directs State to include sessions regarding POCSO Act and S. 376 IPC in curriculum  

“The educational machinery of the State has fallen woefully short in imparting the required awareness to the young children about the heinous crimes and its consequence.” 

Published on June 11, 2022June 17, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Guj HC | Bail granted to a 16-year-old boy accused of having unnatural sex with a 13-year-old boy

Gujarat High Court: Samir Dave, J., granted bail to the accused while prohibiting him from accessing the society in which the claimed

Published on June 7, 2022June 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Rape] Kar HC addressed whether offence under S. 376 IPC can be compounded in case of settlement arrived between the parties

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J., quashed the proceedings against the petitioners in Crime No.87 of 2022 of Byadarahalli Police Station pending

Published on June 2, 2022June 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Megh HC | Action of holding hands in public place does not amount to sexual intent, thus not an act of sexual assault; POCSO Case quashed

Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J. allowed a petition which was filed with a prayer to set aside and quash the criminal

Published on June 1, 2022June 3, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Junior of a practicing advocate alleges to have been subjected to sexual assault: Will All HC grant him bail? Read the report

Allahabad High Court: In an alleged sexual assault case, Samit Gopal, J., noted that allegations of sexual assault were against a practicing

Published on May 31, 2022May 30, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Victim of rape allowed to terminate 13 week pregnancy; Direction issued to District Hospital for immediate action

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. allowed an appeal which was filed seeking permission/ direction for termination of pregnancy. The petitioner

Published on May 30, 2022June 3, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether promise to marry made to married women is legally enforceable? Ker HC deliberates in light of settled position of law

Kerala High Court: In a bail matter, P.V. Kunhikrishnan, J., noted the position of law that, a promise to marry made to

Published on May 30, 2022June 3, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

63-year-old woman aided her 65-year old husband to commit rape on a minor girl: Can she be granted bail? J&K&L HC answers

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Srinagar: Sanjay Dhar, J., expressed that, in the cases involving offences of serious nature falling

Published on May 24, 2022June 3, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Not entitled to keep the amount of compensation paid the State government in the event of a false rape case; Court allows bail

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. deciding a second bail application filed by the applicant in connection with Crime under Sections

Published on May 23, 2022May 27, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Maternal uncle rapes his 14-year-old niece; will subsequent act of him marrying prosecutrix extinguish all criminal liabilities? SC decides  

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, the Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R, Gavai, JJ., acquitted the appellant  who

Published on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Explainer | Would striking down ‘Marital Rape Exception’ create a New Offence?

In the Split verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Exception (MRE), the Division Bench of Delhi High Court pronounced a 393-Pages Judgment,

Published on May 12, 2022May 19, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist? Does MRE provides impunity to offender? One says ‘Yes’, other says ‘No’ [DETAILED REPORT]

Delhi High Court: In a split verdict the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar, JJ., laid down their opinion

Published on May 12, 2022May 19, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Utt HC | Minor contradictions or insignificant discrepancies in the statement of a prosecutrix should not be a ground for throwing out an otherwise reliable prosecution case; appeal dismissed in POCSO matter

Uttaranchal High Court: Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. dismissed a criminal appeal which was filed from jail assailing the judgment and order whereby

Published on May 11, 2022May 13, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC │ Permission to change statement before Court would be dangerous for legal system and it may be also misuse of S. 311 of CrPC; application for restatement after 2 years dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anil Verma, J. dismissed a criminal revision filed against the impugned order whereby an application preferred by the

Published on May 10, 2022May 13, 2022By Editor_4
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