Kathua Gangrape
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Kathua gangrape: SC sets aside high court verdict, orders accused to be tried as adult
India | Nov 16, 2022, 01:59 PM ISTKathua gangrape: The Apex Court set aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Kathua and the high court which had held that the accused Shubam Sangra was a juvenile and hence to be tried separately.
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Family of victim disappointed over quantum of sentence, acquittal of one accused
India | Jun 10, 2019, 10:46 PM ISTThe father of the eight-year-old nomadic girl, who was gangraped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, welcomed the Monday judgement convicting six men in the case, but said his family was expecting that the culprits would be handed down death penalty. He also expressed unhappiness over the acquittal of the seventh accused.
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Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti welcomes judgement
India | Jun 10, 2019, 03:54 PM ISTAn eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic Muslim tribe, was abducted, drugged, gangraped, tortured and killed on January 10 last year.
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Jammu Kathua case witnesses threatened, Crime Branch tells district police to file cases
India | Aug 09, 2018, 05:45 PM ISTThe 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.
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J&K Guv promulgates ordinance for death penalty to child rapists
India | May 17, 2018, 03:46 PM ISTUnder the new law, committing rape on a woman under sixteen years of age has been made punishable with rigorous imprisonment for twenty years and may extend to a life sentence, which shall mean the remainder of that person’s natural life.
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Kathua rape case: SC shifts trial out of J-K to Pathankot, says fair trial cannot co-exist with fear
India | May 08, 2018, 02:25 PM ISTDirecting day-to-day "in-camera" trial, the apex court asked the district and sessions judge at Pathankot to personally undertake the trial proceedings.
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Kathua rape case: Victim's father welcomes SC decision on trial, says he has full faith on judiciary
India | May 07, 2018, 06:13 PM ISTThe grieving father, belonging to a minority nomadic community which earns its livelihood by raising cattle, also said he has full faith in the government.
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Kathua rape case: SC transfers trial to Pathankot, next hearing on July 9; rejects CBI probe
India | May 07, 2018, 04:02 PM ISTThe apex court also said that hearing will be held in-camera on a day-to-day basis to avoid any delay. It further scheduled the next hearing on July 9.
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J&K cabinet reshuffle: Kavinder Gupta takes oath as Deputy CM; 7 new ministers announced | As it happened
National | Apr 30, 2018, 02:08 PM ISTAhead of the reshuffle, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh resigned on Sunday. The post will be filled by Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta.
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Kathua case: Will transfer case out of Jammu at slightest possibility of unfair trial, says SC
India | Apr 26, 2018, 06:00 PM ISTThe minor had disappeared from near her home in the forests next to Rasana village in Kathua on January 10. Her body was found in the same area a week later.
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Kathua gangrape-murder case: Two prime accused move SC for CBI probe
India | Apr 25, 2018, 07:07 PM ISTThe two accused, Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra, have been chargesheeted by the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Kathua case.
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We apologise for revealing identity of Kathua rape victim
News | Apr 18, 2018, 05:44 PM ISTWe apologise for revealing identity of Kathua rape victim, didn't intend to hurt sentiments of victim family
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Kathua rape victim's agony turning feeble amid communal bickering and political blame game
India | Apr 18, 2018, 04:10 PM ISTThe brutality and inhumanity has once again brought the nation back to square one. It seems that there is no end to this shame.
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Shabana Azmi expresses anger on Unnao, Kathua gangrape cases
Celebrities | Apr 17, 2018, 03:04 PM ISTShabana Azmi expressed her views on rising crimes against women at 20th Beti FLO GR8 Awards 2018.
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Kathua case: Accused brought to court, hearing to begin shortly
News | Apr 16, 2018, 12:02 PM IST