Kathua Rape And Murder Case
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Kathua rape-murder case: Parents of victim anguished as two convicts walk out on bail
India | Dec 26, 2021, 04:56 PM ISTThe Supreme Court, had in 2018, directed the case to be shifted out of Jammu and Kashmir and ordered the sessions court in Pathankot to hear it on a daily basis.
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No torture in Kathua probe, court order on FIR will be followed: DGP
India | Oct 23, 2019, 06:25 PM ISTDefending the team that probed the Kathua rape and murder case last year, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said no witnesses were tortured and the court's directive of an FIR against the investigating police officials would be followed.
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Court orders FIR against Kathua rape probe team members
India | Oct 23, 2019, 11:24 AM ISTIn June this year, District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh sentenced to life imprisonment the three main accused, while sentencing five years in jail to three others for destruction of evidence in the case that shook the nation.
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Kathua rape-murder case to be heard on priority: Punjab High Court
India | Jul 18, 2019, 06:38 PM ISTRecognising the gravity of the crime, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday heard on priority petitions of the victim's family and the six convicts in the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Kathua rape case: Pathankot court did not rely on prosecution eyewitnesses while acquitting Vishal
India | Jun 16, 2019, 04:24 PM ISTThe only acquittal in the Kathua rape-and-murder case came as the trial court set aside the statement of three prosecution witnesses who had claimed that Vishal Jangotra, the son of the main culprit Sanji Ram, was in the area at the time of the crime.
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Kathua rape-murder case verdict: 3 get life imprisonment, 5-year jail term for others | Highlights
India | Jun 10, 2019, 11:16 PM ISTAfter nearly a year-long trial, a Pathankot court on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment the three main accused in the gangrape-and-murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, while awarding five years in jail to three others for destruction of evidence.
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Kathua rape and murder case: Life sentence for three accused, five-year jail term for three cops
India | Jun 10, 2019, 05:49 PM ISTAccording to the 15-page charge sheet, the eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on January 10 last year, was allegedly raped in captivity in a small village temple in Kathua district after having been kept sedated for four days before she was bludgeoned to death.
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Kathua rape and murder case: J-K crime branch initiates process of pressing perjury charges against witness
India | Nov 08, 2018, 05:24 PM ISTThe eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic tribe, was allegedly kidnapped on January 10 and her body was found on January 17. I
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Kathua rape case: SC seeks J&K govt's response on 'custodial torture' of witness
India | Aug 21, 2018, 09:19 PM ISTThe bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud asked the J&K government to file its response by August 27 as it directed the next hearing of the matter on August 29.
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Kathua case: Supreme Court seeks J&K govt’s response on alleged custodial torture of witness
India | Aug 08, 2018, 12:23 PM ISTSenior advocate Indira Jaising had submitted that Hussain had been brutally tortured in police custody and that judicial intervention was needed in the case.
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Kathua rape-murder case: Accused was not in Meerut, handwriting tests claim
India | Aug 05, 2018, 04:02 PM ISTAccording to the charge sheet filed by the crime branch, the answer sheets as well as attendance sheet of Vishal, son of alleged main accused Sanji Ram, were sent to handwriting experts, also known as Questioners of Examined Documents (QED).
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Kathua rape-murder case: Supreme Court allows transfer of accused to Gurdaspur jail, Punjab
India | Jul 09, 2018, 06:29 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the Jammu and Kashmir Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the case within eight weeks.
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'Jihadis' behind Kathua rape, murder case: Defence lawyer
India | Jul 09, 2018, 09:00 AM ISTAnkur Sharma, one of the lawyers defending the accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case, asked Governor N N Vohra to immediately order a CBI enquiry into the case.
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Mehbooba Mufti in Aap ki Adalat: Horrific Kathua rape case still gives me goosebumps, politicisation unfortunate
India | Jul 08, 2018, 12:02 PM IST"Even more horrifying was the petty politics played using that little girl, stoking Hindu-Muslim tension. It was such an injustice to her very soul," Mufti said.
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Kathua rape case: Accused who claimed to be juvenile is aged above 20, says medical report
India | Jul 02, 2018, 09:52 PM ISTWhile seven of the accused are facing trial in the court here on the directions of the Supreme Court, the eighth accused in the case is facing trial in a juvenile court in Kathua district.
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Kathua rape-murder case: Victim sank into coma due to overdose of sedatives, say forensic experts
India | Jun 24, 2018, 09:21 PM ISTAccording to the medical opinion received recently by the crime branch, the doctors said the tablet given to the eight-year-old girl could have pushed her into a state of shock or coma (loss of consciousness).
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Kathua rape-murder case: Pathankot court frames charges against seven accused
India | Jun 07, 2018, 05:43 PM ISTCharges against seven of the eight accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district were imposed by the Pathankot court
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By revealing Kathua rape victim's identity, social media did great disservice to nation: Delhi HC
India | May 18, 2018, 09:36 PM ISTSocial media platforms Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were issued notices by the court after their Indian subsidiaries informed the bench that they were not the concerned entity to reply to the court's notice on the issue.
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Kathua rape-murder case: Accused to file fresh petition in SC for CBI probe
India | May 08, 2018, 05:10 PM ISTOn Monday, the apex court had directed that the trail in this case be shifted from Jammu to Pathankot in Punjab.
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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.