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47-yr-old gets life term for raping minor daughter

Feb 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Rebecca Samervel Mumbai `Accused Sexually Assaulted Girl When He Was In Inebriated State’ A special Protec tion of Children from Sexual Offences Act on Wednesday convicted a 47-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his minor daughter in 2013 The child, who was 11 years old…

Man gets life term for raping daughter

The crime took place on March 8, 2013 when the girl, 11 then, was alone at home. Written by ENS | Mumbai | Published:February 25, 2016 1:01 am A special court Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping his daughter in their home in Bandra East in 2013. The court relied on the…

Gujarat HC allows another rape victim to abort foetus

On Wednesday, the report was placed before the court which stated that the victim’s pregnancy can be terminated under MTP Act which “may not pose any injury to the mother or the foetus.” Written by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | Updated: February 25, 2016 11:58 am Pleading for abortion she has cited the section-3 of…

Study: 50% of girls sexually harassed on way to school

Feb 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Himanshi Dhawan New Delhi:Half of girls are subject to various forms of sexual harassment like leering, pinching and groping while travelling to and from school, while nearly 32% were followed on their way to school or college. A 2014 study by NGO Breakthrough on 900 young…

Man gets life term for raping daughter

The crime took place on March 8, 2013 when the girl, 11 then, was alone at home. Written by ENS | Mumbai | Published:February 25, 2016 1:01 am A special court Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping his daughter in their home in Bandra East in 2013. The court relied on the…

`Kanhaiya told me he was assaulted outside court’

Feb 24 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Dhananjay Mahapatra New Delhi The Delhi high court registrar general has informed the Supreme Court that he was told by JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar that he was assaulted by unruly lawyers on February 17 outside the trial court room in Patiala House Courts. While clarifying that…

6-year-old girl a rape victim, Ranchi school asks parents to ‘pull her out’

The girl’s father, a vegetable seller, said she and her nine-year-old brother were sexually abused by a minor who lived in the neighbourhood. Written by Prashant Pandey | Ranchi | Published:February 24, 2016 3:29 am The parents of a six-year-old girl in Ranchi have alleged that a private school asked them to pull her out…

Teenage girl raped by mother’s lover

Feb 24 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 17-year-old girl approached Sola police on Monday to register a complaint of rape against a man living-in with her mother. According to Sola police, the 29-year-old man was arrested and the girl sent for medical examination on Tuesday . According to…

Gurgaon: Woman gangraped in moving car

Police said the woman did not know the accused and could not note down the registration number of the vehicle. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published:February 24, 2016 2:41 am A 26-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three men inside a moving car on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road Sunday night. Police said the woman,…

Teenage girl raped by mother’s lover

Feb 24 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 17-year-old girl approached Sola police on Monday to register a complaint of rape against a man living-in with her mother. According to Sola police, the 29-year-old man was arrested and the girl sent for medical examination on Tuesday . According to…

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