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In rape cases, stop victim-blaming and morality talk

The temptation by judges to attach moral homilies when adjudicating on rape cases goes back all the way to the 1974 Mathura judgment of a sessions court

The Supreme Court had intervened in another Allahabad high court judgment that found the action of two men in grabbing an 11-year-old girl’s breasts, breaking the string of her pyjamas and dragging her under a culvert could not be seen as an attempt to rape

opinion

Updated on Apr 19, 2025 10:36 PM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Supreme Court raps Allahabad HC's observation that rape ‘victim invited trouble'

The Supreme Court criticised an Allahabad high court ruling that suggested a rape victim provoked her assault, calling the remarks insensitive.

A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi, Friday,(PTI)

india news

Updated on Apr 15, 2025 05:46 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar

RG Kar case: Mother of murdered doctor seeks meeting with PM Modi for justice

"If a woman doctor is unsafe at her workplace, then where is the security?" the bereaved mother of the deceased junior doctor asked.

The bereaved mother said she would appeal to PM Modi to intervene in the matter and look into their justice appeal. (PMO)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2025 05:09 AM IST

PTI |

Delhi HC not quashing FIR against Maliwal for revealing rape victim's identity

A bench took note of Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act and the fact that the circulation of notice issued to the SHO was not under challenge

The FIR was initially registered by the Delhi Police under Section 228A (disclosure of identity of certain victims) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in July 2016. (Representative photo)

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Published on Feb 21, 2025 04:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

This ends now: How to fight rape culture

News of yet another horrific rape and murder, A 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has led to massive protests.

Protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

opinion

Published on Aug 18, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Tohana women police station in-charge suspended for negligence

Tohana Sadar police station SHO Devi Lal said that both the accused Mukesh and his aide Satish, residents of Bihar, were arrested a few hours after the incident happened

cities

Updated on Jul 10, 2024 09:36 AM IST

BySunil Rahar, Rohtak

Stillborn delivery by minor rape survivor outside CHC: DM asks DG medical health to take action over laxity

DM Meena seeks action against negligent staff at Sardhana CHC where a teenage rape victim delivered a stillborn baby due to medical staff's laxity.

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Updated on May 29, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Meerut

Teenage rape victim delivers still born baby in the open as CHC staff refuse admission

As per reports, the family of a 14-year-old pregnant rape victim arrived at the CHC early morning on Friday. The girl was in great pain and the family asked the staff to admit her . Later, they alleged that the staff refused to admit the girl who gave birth to a stillborn baby in the open.

SP(rural) Kamlesh Bahdaur said that the girl was six months pregnant and family members didn’t inform the police about the rape incident. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on May 26, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

17-yr-old rape victim ends life in Meerut

The girl’s mother said that Rajiv, a resident of Soram Gola village of Muzaffarnagar had raped her daughter in 2020. After lodging a report in this case under POCSO Act, the police filed charge-sheet in the court and trial was underway.

When the police interrogated the mother, it came to light that the daughter did not want to live with her. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Feb 04, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByS Raju

Police nab one accused in Kaushambi rape-murder case

ADG Zone Bhanu Bhaskar and IG Range Chandra Prakash visited the village, meeting the victim’s family late Tuesday night.

The injured accused in police custody. (HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 22, 2023 09:42 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Uttar Pradesh rape victim hacked to death, four booked

Four brothers have been booked for hacking to death a 19-year-old rape victim in Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been absconding, and a search operation has been launched. The victim had accused one of the accused of rape in 2022, and the family had been harassed to withdraw the case. The incident occurred when the victim and her family were returning home after lodging a harassment complaint. Three police teams have been set up to nab the accused.

Prime accused Ashok Nishad, who allegedly assaulted the victim with an axe, was also granted bail six months ago in a murder case, said police (Getty Images)

india news

Updated on Nov 22, 2023 07:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

UP rape survivor hacked to death, four booked

The four accused, including the man accused of raping the victim in 2022, have been absconding and a search operation has been launched to nab them, say police

Police said the woman had accused Pawan Nishad (22) of raping her three years ago, when she was a minor, on the pretext of marriage. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2023 05:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Nepal: Rape victim in Sandeep Lamicchane case attempts suicide

The young rape victim in the case involving Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane reportedly attempted suicide on the eve of the anticipated final hearing.

Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane. (Pic Source: @Sandeep25)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2023 11:09 PM IST

ANI |

SC stays Allahabad HC order to ascertain whether rape victim is 'manglik'

The apex court took suo motu cognisance of the matter & observed it doesn't understand why "astrology report is called for" while hearing a bail application.

The counsel for the man had argued before the high court that since the woman was a 'manglik', marriage between the two could not be solemnised and has been refused. (File)

india news

Updated on Jun 03, 2023 05:23 PM IST

PTI |

Head constable suspended for misbehaving with rape victim’s parents in Jhajjar

Five-year-old daughter of migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh was kidnapped, raped and murdered allegedly by a fellow labourer in Haryana town

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Published on Dec 23, 2020 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | ByHT Correspondent

Aunt asks rape victim not to reveal crime, held with 2 men in Panchkula

Naveen Sharma (29), Jatin (27) and the paternal aunt (26) of the minor were arrested under the POCSO Act after the victim’s grandmother filed a complaint with the police

Three persons have been arrested in Panchkula under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.(Shutterstock)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2020 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Panchkula | ByHT Correspondent

Rape victim set ablaze by accused’s family in UP’s Bulandshahr dies in Delhi hospital

In her dying statement, the girl accused Sanjay, uncle of the rapist, and other family members of setting her on fire.

The girl succumbed to injuries during treatment at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday.(Getty Images)

india news

Updated on Nov 18, 2020 05:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Meerut | ByS Raju

Campaign underway in UK against rising rape cases in India

Called RapeFreeIndia UK, the group said its members are non-political and include women of Indian origin, including professionals working in the civil service, IT and medicine. It raised over £2000 from a crowd-sourced online platform for the campaign.

A billboard with the campaign message at an underground station in London.(By arrangement)

world news

Updated on Nov 17, 2020 02:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, London | ByPrasun Sonwalkar

NCRB’s 2019 crime statistics: Homicides down, rape on the rise in Himachal

As many as 1,833 violent crimes were reported in the state in 2019 as compared to the 1,861 cases reported in 2018.

The hill-state reported 70 murder cases and 54 attempted murder cases in 2019 against 99 murder and 58 attempted murder cases lodged in 2018.(Representative Image)

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Updated on Oct 05, 2020 12:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNaresh K Thakur, Dharamshala

Sexual assault on 3-yr-old in Kharar: Cousin sent to reformation home for 3 years

Childline had received a call from the victim’s mother about the sexual assault on the girl in May 2019

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Published on Mar 14, 2020 01:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByShailee Dogra, Mohali

30-year-old rape victim dies in Andhra

Deputy police superintendent K V V N V Prasad cited the preliminary probe in the case and said the woman had left her home on Tuesday night after her two daughters went to sleep.

A 30-year-old woman died at a hospital at Ongole in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam on Wednesday. (Representative Image)(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

india news

Published on Jan 24, 2020 12:50 AM IST

Hindustan times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

‘Come after you get raped’: Woman alleges UP cops refused to act on complaint

A woman in Hindupur village, the same place where the rape victim had been set on fire on Thursday, alleged on Saturday that the police had refused to file her complaint of attempted rape.

The police allegedly asked the woman to come with her complaint after the rape had taken place. (Representative Image)(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Dec 08, 2019 10:19 AM IST

Unnao | ByIndo Asian News Service

Acid thrown on rape victim by four for refusing to withdraw case

Explaining why the woman filed the complaint in the court instead of approaching police, the sources in the department said woman had earlier lodged the complaint with the police.

A 30-year-old woman faced acid attack by four men in a village(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Dec 08, 2019 08:25 AM IST

Muzaffarnagar | ByPress Trust of India

Day after giving birth, rape victim disowns baby

The woman, who had got married in July this year, had accused one of her relatives of raping her

cities

Published on Nov 11, 2019 10:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

24-yr-old rape victim commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh

The woman’s family said that they had gone to their field to fetch fodder when the woman allegedly committed suicide on Saturday..

The officer said that they will lodge a rape case only after investigating the matter further.(Representational Image)

india news

Updated on Oct 07, 2019 06:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Muzaffarnagar | ByHT Correspondent

15-yr-old rape victim delivers stillborn in Ludhiana, accused held

The 15-year-old rape victim, who was found six months pregnant on Sunday, gave birth to a stillborn child at the civil hospital on Monday. The victim’s pregnancy had come to light on Sunday after she complained of stomachache. Her parents took her to the hospital for check-up, following which she was admitted for abdominal pains.

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Published on Sep 30, 2019 11:11 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Kotkhai custodial death: Accused IG was present at crime scene, testifies his driver

After the custodial death of one of the accused in the Gudiya rape case, a trial was initiated at a CBI special court in Chandigarh, after it was transferred from the Supreme Court

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Updated on Sep 04, 2019 12:44 AM IST

ByTanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh

CBI records statement of Unnao rape victim in road accident case

The victim, hailing from Unnao, has alleged that Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar had raped her in 2017 when she was still a minor.

The CBI has recorded the statement of the Unnao rape victim in the case of the road accident, in which she lost her aunts and she and her lawyer were injured, officials said on Monday.(PTI)

india news

Updated on Sep 02, 2019 12:46 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

19-year-old rape victim’s parents give away newborn to sanitary worker

The matter came to light after the victim approached police to lodge a rape complaint against her uncle

india news

Updated on Aug 24, 2019 10:19 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Rape victim, 13, commits suicide over police inaction, harassment by neighbours

Taking stern view of the incident, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Anant Deo suspended four cops, including the station house officer, a sub-inspector and constables of Raipurva police station for negligence of duty.

A 13-year-old rape victim committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in Cooperganj, under Raipurva police station, here as she was upset over failure of police in arresting the accused persons and derogatory remarks by some women living in her neighbourhood(PTI)

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Updated on Aug 11, 2019 12:03 AM IST

Kanpur | ByHT Correspondent

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The temptation by judges to attach moral homilies when adjudicating on rape cases goes back all the way to the 1974 Mathura judgment of a sessions court

The Supreme Court criticised an Allahabad high court ruling that suggested a rape victim provoked her assault, calling the remarks insensitive.

"If a woman doctor is unsafe at her workplace, then where is the security?" the bereaved mother of the deceased junior doctor asked.

A bench took note of Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act and the fact that the circulation of notice issued to the SHO was not under challenge

News of yet another horrific rape and murder, A 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has led to massive protests.

Tohana Sadar police station SHO Devi Lal said that both the accused Mukesh and his aide Satish, residents of Bihar, were arrested a few hours after the incident happened

DM Meena seeks action against negligent staff at Sardhana CHC where a teenage rape victim delivered a stillborn baby due to medical staff's laxity.

As per reports, the family of a 14-year-old pregnant rape victim arrived at the CHC early morning on Friday. The girl was in great pain and the family asked the staff to admit her . Later, they alleged that the staff refused to admit the girl who gave birth to a stillborn baby in the open.

The girl’s mother said that Rajiv, a resident of Soram Gola village of Muzaffarnagar had raped her daughter in 2020. After lodging a report in this case under POCSO Act, the police filed charge-sheet in the court and trial was underway.

ADG Zone Bhanu Bhaskar and IG Range Chandra Prakash visited the village, meeting the victim’s family late Tuesday night.

The four accused, including the man accused of raping the victim in 2022, have been absconding and a search operation has been launched to nab them, say police

The young rape victim in the case involving Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane reportedly attempted suicide on the eve of the anticipated final hearing.

The apex court took suo motu cognisance of the matter & observed it doesn't understand why "astrology report is called for" while hearing a bail application.

Five-year-old daughter of migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh was kidnapped, raped and murdered allegedly by a fellow labourer in Haryana town

Naveen Sharma (29), Jatin (27) and the paternal aunt (26) of the minor were arrested under the POCSO Act after the victim’s grandmother filed a complaint with the police

In her dying statement, the girl accused Sanjay, uncle of the rapist, and other family members of setting her on fire.

Called RapeFreeIndia UK, the group said its members are non-political and include women of Indian origin, including professionals working in the civil service, IT and medicine. It raised over £2000 from a crowd-sourced online platform for the campaign.

As many as 1,833 violent crimes were reported in the state in 2019 as compared to the 1,861 cases reported in 2018.

Childline had received a call from the victim’s mother about the sexual assault on the girl in May 2019

Deputy police superintendent K V V N V Prasad cited the preliminary probe in the case and said the woman had left her home on Tuesday night after her two daughters went to sleep.

A woman in Hindupur village, the same place where the rape victim had been set on fire on Thursday, alleged on Saturday that the police had refused to file her complaint of attempted rape.

Explaining why the woman filed the complaint in the court instead of approaching police, the sources in the department said woman had earlier lodged the complaint with the police.

The woman, who had got married in July this year, had accused one of her relatives of raping her

The woman’s family said that they had gone to their field to fetch fodder when the woman allegedly committed suicide on Saturday..

After the custodial death of one of the accused in the Gudiya rape case, a trial was initiated at a CBI special court in Chandigarh, after it was transferred from the Supreme Court

The victim, hailing from Unnao, has alleged that Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar had raped her in 2017 when she was still a minor.

The matter came to light after the victim approached police to lodge a rape complaint against her uncle

Taking stern view of the incident, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Anant Deo suspended four cops, including the station house officer, a sub-inspector and constables of Raipurva police station for negligence of duty.

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