In a major development in gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a "minor" allegedly involved in the case.
BSP chief Mayawati Tuesday said the conviction in the horrific Kathua gangrape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes.
The judgment in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be delivered on June 10, nearly a year after the trial began in a court in Pathankot, special public prosecutor J K Chopra said on Monday.
The witness had alleged custodial torture by the state police in the case lodged against him by his sister-in-law.
The Crime Branch has also asked the district police to provide protection to the two witnesses who made written complaints. They said they were being harassed and threatened by the friends and relatives of the accused and were under pressure to change their statements before the district and sessions court in Pathankot, Punjab, which is hearing the case.
Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra , the two accused, also opposed a plea seeking transfer of trial to Chandigarh.
Big B, who had become the face of feminism wave in the country post his speech in the movie Pink, while commenting on the Kathua case said that any discussion on the topic in itself is "disgusting".
Shilpa Shetty said, ''As a mother, I can say this much it must have left every mother with a daughter feeling very unsafe and a lot of fear in their hearts."
The lawyers insisted that they were protesting on a different issue that got mixed up with the filing of the chargesheet
The brutality and inhumanity has once again brought the nation back to square one. It seems that there is no end to this shame.
Shabana Azmi expressed her views on rising crimes against women at 20th Beti FLO GR8 Awards 2018.
Seven of the eight accused were produced before District and Sessions Judge Sanjeev Gupta, who asked the state Crime Branch to give them copies of the chargesheet and fixed April 28 as the next date of hearing.
Parents of Kathua rape-murder victim have demanded security as they feel there is a threat to their lives. The father of the eight-year-old girl, who was raped and brutally murdered urged the court to hang the culprits.
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