Kashmir Nomad Girl

The trial against a juvenile accused in the horrific rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl at Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them.

A juvenile justice board has framed charges against a minor in the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua and has fixed Monday for examining prosecution witnesses and commencing trial.

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

Deep in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, a single-storey house in Rasana village reflects the trauma and isolation of a nomad family. A year after the brutal rape and murder of their eight-year-old daughter - a case that made global headlines and triggered universal condemnation - the Bakerwal family is facing social ostracism.

Talib Hussain, the activist who was fighting for justice in the gangrape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Kathua, was allegedly tortured in police custody. The Supreme Court today sent a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir after a key witness in the case filed a petition alleging that he was being targeted for championing the cause of the nomad com...

Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch filed a supplementary charge sheet in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl from a minority nomadic community in Kathua before a court in Pathankot today, officials said.

An affidavit filed by the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in the Supreme Court has indicted lawyers of the Kathua bar association for obstructing the crime branch from filing the chargesheet for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim tribe.

A five-member committee of the Bar Council of India (BCI) will visit Kathua city in Jammu and Kashmir and submit a factual report on the case of the rape of a minor girl after seeking time from the Supreme Court on April 19, BCI President Manan Mishra said on Sunday.

The family of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has decided to request the Supreme Court to transfer the trial to another state. The murder of the child, who belonged to a nomadic Muslim community, outraged the country after details were exposed in a police chargesheet last week. It became heavily poli...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Saturday terminated the services of four policemen accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district.

Several lawyers of the Jammu Bar Association protested outside the district jail and tried to stop the crime branch from filing a charge-sheet on Monday against seven of the eight accused in the murder and rape of an eight-year-old nomad girl from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

There was high drama outside the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua after lawyers tried to stop Crime Branch officials from filing a chargesheet into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl

A retired government officer accused of planning the kidnapping, gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in January surrendered to the police today. Sanji Ram, 60, had been avoiding arrest since the high court directed the crime branch to arrest him.

A police sub-inspector has been detained for questioning and a head constable arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch for their alleged involvement in destruction of crucial evidence in the rape and murder case of an 8-year-old nomad girl in Kathua district.

The trial against a juvenile accused in the horrific rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl at Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them.

A juvenile justice board has framed charges against a minor in the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua and has fixed Monday for examining prosecution witnesses and commencing trial.

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

Deep in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, a single-storey house in Rasana village reflects the trauma and isolation of a nomad family. A year after the brutal rape and murder of their eight-year-old daughter - a case that made global headlines and triggered universal condemnation - the Bakerwal family is facing social ostracism.

Talib Hussain, the activist who was fighting for justice in the gangrape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Kathua, was allegedly tortured in police custody. The Supreme Court today sent a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir after a key witness in the case filed a petition alleging that he was being targeted for championing the cause of the nomad com...

Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch filed a supplementary charge sheet in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl from a minority nomadic community in Kathua before a court in Pathankot today, officials said.

An affidavit filed by the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in the Supreme Court has indicted lawyers of the Kathua bar association for obstructing the crime branch from filing the chargesheet for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim tribe.

A five-member committee of the Bar Council of India (BCI) will visit Kathua city in Jammu and Kashmir and submit a factual report on the case of the rape of a minor girl after seeking time from the Supreme Court on April 19, BCI President Manan Mishra said on Sunday.

The family of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has decided to request the Supreme Court to transfer the trial to another state. The murder of the child, who belonged to a nomadic Muslim community, outraged the country after details were exposed in a police chargesheet last week. It became heavily poli...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Saturday terminated the services of four policemen accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district.

Several lawyers of the Jammu Bar Association protested outside the district jail and tried to stop the crime branch from filing a charge-sheet on Monday against seven of the eight accused in the murder and rape of an eight-year-old nomad girl from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

There was high drama outside the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua after lawyers tried to stop Crime Branch officials from filing a chargesheet into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl

A retired government officer accused of planning the kidnapping, gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in January surrendered to the police today. Sanji Ram, 60, had been avoiding arrest since the high court directed the crime branch to arrest him.

A police sub-inspector has been detained for questioning and a head constable arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch for their alleged involvement in destruction of crucial evidence in the rape and murder case of an 8-year-old nomad girl in Kathua district.