Rape Cases
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Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court's observations over rape, terms them 'insensitive'
India | Mar 26, 2025, 06:14 PM ISTThe Allahabad High Court on March 17 ruled that mere grabbing of the breast doesn't amount to the offence of rape, but such an offence falls under the ambit of assault or use of criminal force against any woman with the intent to disrobe or compel her to be naked.
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RG Kar rape-murder case: Don't want compensation but justice, say victim's parents to judge
Kolkata | Jan 20, 2025, 04:18 PM ISTThe Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court awarded life imprisonment to the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case and also fined Rs 50,000 to the accused. During the hearing of the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation sought "capital punishment" for the accused Sanjay Roy.
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RG Kar rape-murder case: Judge Anirban Das says it is not the 'rarest of rare' cases
Kolkata | Jan 20, 2025, 04:07 PM ISTWhile hearing the case, Anirban Das, Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah court, said the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category, which justified not imposing the death penalty on the convict.
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Delhi High Court directs hospitals to provide free, immediate care to rape survivors
Delhi | Dec 24, 2024, 02:50 PM ISTThe court gave directions while hearing a plea of an accused who raped his daughter. The court said that the ambulance and other necessary arrangements should be made in case the victim needs to be transferred to other hospital.
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'Rape cases rising due to absence of timely action by Bengal government': Governor CV Ananda Bose
West Bengal | Oct 05, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTWest Bengal news: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said that convincing and decisive action against the perpetrators on the part of the West Bengal government would help against heinous crimes.
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West Bengal cabinet approves proposal to introduce new Bill aimed at preventing rape
West Bengal | Aug 29, 2024, 06:24 AM ISTThe introduction of this Bill comes in response to the recent rape-murder of a woman medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which has intensified calls for tougher measures against sexual violence.
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275 cases of rape in custody registered from 2017-22, UP tops list: NCRB data
India | Feb 25, 2024, 01:59 PM ISTActivist Pallabi Ghosh expressed frustration over the difficulty in lodging complaints for custodial violence unless survivors name perpetrators, highlighting a systemic barrier to seeking justice. "Only if you convict a police officer for custodial rape, we can hope for justice," she added.
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With over 2,500 incidents of rape, cases increased twofold in Chhattisgarh in 2023: Govt data
chhattisgarh | Feb 15, 2024, 07:46 PM ISTRape cases increased twofold in 2023 in Chhattisgarh compared to the previous year. Notably, 1,093 cases of rape were registered in 2021, 1,246 in 2022, and 2,564 in 2023.
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Over 70 per cent rape victims in Delhi aged between 18 and 30, says govt report
Delhi | Dec 08, 2023, 08:20 PM ISTThere were a total of 31,878 rape victims across the country in 2021, the report from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics said.
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'It will open floodgates...': Delhi HC refuses to transfer rape case from male to female judge
India | Apr 07, 2023, 04:49 PM ISTThe court said mere apprehension of the petitioner, which can be subjective, cannot become a ground for transfer of cases to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) courts even though the offence does not involve provisions of the POCSO Act.
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Delhi: Heinous crimes up over 13 per cent, 3,140 cases reported till July 2022
India | Aug 11, 2022, 09:39 AM ISTDelhi crime news: The non-heinous crime cases have increased by eight per cent during the same period, police data stated.
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Gehlot holds Central govt accountable on repercussions over 'law to hang rape accused'
India | Aug 07, 2022, 12:40 PM ISTRape cases in India: "Due to the law on the hanging of culprits after the Nirbhaya case, the incidents of murder after rape have increased. This is a dangerous trend being seen in the country," said Rajasthan CM.
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Delhi crime: 1,100 women raped in initial 6.5 months of year 2022 | DETAILS
Crime | Aug 07, 2022, 11:52 AM ISTDelhi crime: As per the data, 2,197 women have been kidnapped till now, way more than last year's 1,880 kidnappings for the first six months. For the whole year in 2021, the crime of kidnapping was faced by 3,758 women.
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Pakistan's Punjab imposes 'emergency' due to rising cases of rape, sexual abuse
World | Jun 22, 2022, 11:49 AM ISTPakistan has been suffering and battling a gender violence epidemic and violence against women cuts across classes in the country.
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Hyderabad continues to report rape cases involving minors; number rises to 5 in week
Crime | Jun 07, 2022, 06:35 AM ISTThe gangrape case of a 17-year-old girl, while she was returning home after a party in the Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad, has triggered political reactions across party lines.
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Watch Exclusive Report on why Rape numbers in Rajasthan are a horror story
News | Mar 12, 2021, 08:53 PM ISTDespite the public outcry during the Nirbhaya gangrape incident of 2012, not much has changed in rajasthan in terms of women’s safety.
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31 pc of total 3,137 rape cases in Delhi against children: NGO report
Crime | Nov 06, 2020, 08:28 AM ISTAt least thirty-one per cent of the total 3,137 rape cases in Delhi last year were committed against children, an NGO claimed. Reporting of major crimes has decreased in the past five years, a statement by the Praja Foundation stated.
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Govt data shows 87 women raped daily in 2019
India | Sep 30, 2020, 08:43 AM ISTAn average of 87 rape cases were reported daily in 2019, latest government data has revealed. The data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed an overall 4,05,861 cases of crime against women during the year, a rise of over 7 percent from 2018.
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Over 160 rape cases reported on railway premises, on board trains from 2017-2019: RTI
India | Mar 01, 2020, 04:25 PM ISTOver 160 rape cases have been reported on railway premises and on-board running trains between 2017 and 2019, an RTI query has found.
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Two more rape cases reported in UP
India | Dec 09, 2019, 10:57 AM ISTAn 18-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in a moving SUV in Auraiyya district of Uttar Pradesh while a 14-year-old girl was raped by a youth in Bijnore district.