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Court orders lodging of case against 12 persons

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A local court of Badaun (UP) has ordered lodging of a case against 12 persons, including four policemen, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 32-year-old woman here. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rup Kishore yesterday ordered lodging of the case. The woman belonging to Behta Pathak village alleged that she and her minor daughter were kidnapped at gun […]

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Real-estate broker acquitted of rape charge

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A real-estate broker, accused of raping a woman while helping her hunt a house on rent here, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after she turned hostile. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt absolved the man, a resident of Najafgarh here, of the rape charge saying the complainant deposed “totally contrary to prosecution case”. “It […]

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Court frames rape charges against BJP MLA, two others

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A Delhi court has put on trial a BJP MLA from Haryanaand two others for allegedly raping a woman in a hotel after giving her sedative-laced drink, saying a prima facie case has been made out against them. The court framed charges against BJP legislator Umesh Aggarwal and Sandeep Luthra for alleged offences of rape, […]

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No corroboration needed if rape victim’s statement reliable:Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a 23-year-old man for raping a minor girl while observing that if the statement of a rape victim is trustworthy and reliable, further corroboration is not needed. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani and Justice A S Gadkari on September 16 held […]

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Delhi Police employee gets 15 yrs jail for rape

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A Delhi Police employee has been jailed for 15 years for raping and cheating a woman by concealing his first marriage, by a court here which said that sentence for “outrageous crimes like rape and bigamy” must be a deterrent so that no one dares to engage in such acts. “The crimes of rape and […]

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Man gets jail for rape, murder of 8-yr-old

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A special women’s court of Mumbai, today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Nehru Nagar area of suburban Kurla in 2010. Special Judge Vrushali Joshi had convicted Javed Sheikh (aged around 25) on September 5 for the crime. “The court has sentenced Javed Sheikh to life on the […]

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Gangrape of minor: Father gets life, youth 12 yrs jail

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A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for gangraping his nine-year-old daughter, by a Delhi court which refused to take a lenient view observing that he gave his daughter such a betrayal of faith of relationship that would really be difficult for her to forget. The court also awarded 12 years rigorous jail term […]

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Four men get 10 years RI for gangraping minor girl

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Four men were sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment for gangraping a minor school girl after abducting her, by a court in Lakhnadoun town of this district. According to the prosecution, the four — Kamlesh Nema, Dharmendra Sahu, Ashish Patel and Yeshwant Sahu — all in their 20s, had abducted the girl in a car […]

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Man gets 10yrs jail for rape on pretext of marriage

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A man has been awarded ten years in jail for raping a woman on false promise of marriage by a Delhi court, which refused to take a lenient view saying the crime committed by him was very serious as he has ruined the victim “physically, psychologically and financially.” “Here was an innocent lady who handed […]

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63-yr-old gets 10 yrs in jail for raping minor

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A 63-year-old man was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years by a local court  of Moga (Pb) for raping a minor. Additional Sessions Judge Gurjant Singh pronounced the verdict yesterday holding Jagan Nath guilty of raping the 13-year-old girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Nath. The case was registered on March 21, […]

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Kidnap, rape of 9-year-old girl: Couple and youth jailed

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A couple and a youth have been sentenced to varying jail terms for the offences of raping and kidnapping a minor girl by a Delhi court which relied on the testimonies of the victim and her father, saying they were “convincing and truthful”. The court awarded 10-year jail term to 55-year-old Ram Udagar and Tej Narain, […]

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7 yrs jail to man for raping minor daughter

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A Delhi court has sent a man to seven years in jail for raping his minor daughter and trying to kill her when she disclosed the fact to others, saying he committed one of the most grave offences which could be imagined on earth. The court also sent the man’s 60-year-old brother to jail for […]

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