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The bill will amend the application of the recently updated Indian penal code in West Bengal. It entailed death penalty for convicts of rape and other unnatural sexual offences if it resulted in death of the victim or left the victim in a vegetative state. It also provides for a life sentence without parole for those convicted in other cases.
a prime accused in the case, The AIADMK was criticized for its alleged role in the incident after the arrest of its functionary, with some news reports implying that the connection to the incident runs deeper within the party. M.K Stalin, the DMK's president, said that AIADMK leaders were attempting to protect the persons detained in the case. These allegations were gaining ground after the ...
India is one of fifty countries that have not yet outlawed marital rape. [40] 20% of Indian men admit to forcing their wives or partners to have sex. [41] Marital rape can be classified into one of three types: [42] Battering rape: This includes both physical and sexual violence. The majority of marital rape victims experience battering rape.
Since Indian law does not allow the press to publish a rape victim's name, the victim was widely known as Nirbhaya, meaning "fearless", and her struggle and death became a symbol of women's resistance to rape around the world. [6] [7] All the accused were arrested and charged with sexual assault and murder.
On 16 June, the CID officers took the eight accused to Kamduni to reconstruct the incident amid tight security by the police and Indian Reserve Battalion. For 45 minutes, the accused recounted how they had gang raped and then murdered the victim, throwing her body over the set wall afterwards. [ 6 ]
3 accused Ramu Thakur, Lavkush Thakur and Ravi Thakur were released by the court. None of them were present at the crime spot. Sandeep Thakur convicted for culpable homicide (IPC 304) and no rape charges (IPC 374) established. Charges: murder, gang rape [3] and violations of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ...
Indian laws prohibit naming rape victims, and violations are subject to legal penalties. [24] On 3 December, a man from Nizamabad district was arrested by the Cyberabad Police , after a cyber crime case was filed against him, for posting pictures and spreading derogatory posts about the victim.
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape case refers to a shelter home that ran under a non-governmental organization called "Sewa Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti" at Muzaffarpur, Bihar, where cases of sexual abuse, rape and torture were reported. In a medical examination, sexual abuse of 34 out of 42 of the girls living at the shelter was confirmed.