gangrape
18-year-old woman gangraped by social media friends
Reportedly, she recounted that the men insisted she join them on their scooter, but she initially declined. Facing threats of severe consequences, she eventually acquiesced and agreed to accompany them, the police stated, referencing the victim's statement
Chhawla gang-rape-murder: Delhi govt moves SC seeking review of its verdict acquitting 3 convicts
Police had found multiple injuries on the woman's body. Further investigation and autopsy revealed she was attacked with car tools, glass bottles, metal objects, and other weapons. She was also raped.
Bilkis Bano case: SC says ‘didn’t order convicts’ release’, issues notice to Guj govt on remission
A special CBI court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced the 11 to life imprisonment on charges of gangrape and murder of seven members of Bilkis Bano's family. Their conviction was later upheld by the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court.
Four incidents of rape reported in 2 days, majority of victims are minors
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped multiple times in Vasco town of Goa, and police have arrested the driver employed by her family along with three other men in this connection.
The case against death penalty
The government’s recent Ordinance on child rape is more of a political decision than a real answer to the problem In 2012, India stepped back in time, into the pro-death penalty era for the crime of rape. Before that, academicians, jurists, judges, lawyers and other intellectuals were thinking about the abolition of the death penalty […]
