Kathua Rape Juvenile

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile at the time of the offence and now can be tried afresh as an adult.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a ''minor'' allegedly involved in the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in 2018.

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

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.

Soon after a special court in Pathankot today held six of the seven accused guilty in the rape and murder of eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, political leaders including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah welcomed the judgement. The seventh accused in the case, reportedly a juvenile, has been let off in the case.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

The medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape and murder case who had claimed to be a juvenile was submitted before the district and sessions court in Pathankot today by the Jammu and Kashmir police's crime branch in which his age was stated to be more than 20 years, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said.

An application by a father 14 years ago to register the birth of his three children is the centrepiece of the Jammu and Kashmir police's plea that one of the eight accused in the horrific rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, be tried as an adult.

The fate of the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua will be decided next week by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with the Crime Branch moving a petition to contest that he is a minor, officials said today.

A court today posted the hearing for the case involving the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua for the third week of. Chief Judicial Magistrate or CJM AS Langeh fixed the hearing for Tuesday, May 22.

The alleged juvenile offender detained in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua was produced before a Kathua magisterial court in veil amid tight security to be given the copies of the Crime Branch chargesheet against him and other prosecution documents.

A Kathua court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of an alleged juvenile offender, detained in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide protection to the family of the eight-year-oldho was raped and murdered in Kathua. The family had requested the Supreme Court to transfer the trial out of the state, citing a backlash and lack of security for his family. Eight people, including a juvenile have been accuse...

The Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police probing the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl today filed a separate chargesheet against another accused in the case, who was earlier said to be a juvenile, at a court in Kathua district.

The key accused in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, considered a juvenile, is more than 19 years old, a medical board formed to determine his age has concluded. The state Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has named an influential former bureaucrat as the mastermind, but is yet to arrest him. The famil...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile at the time of the offence and now can be tried afresh as an adult.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a ''minor'' allegedly involved in the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in 2018.

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

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.

Soon after a special court in Pathankot today held six of the seven accused guilty in the rape and murder of eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, political leaders including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah welcomed the judgement. The seventh accused in the case, reportedly a juvenile, has been let off in the case.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

The medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape and murder case who had claimed to be a juvenile was submitted before the district and sessions court in Pathankot today by the Jammu and Kashmir police's crime branch in which his age was stated to be more than 20 years, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said.

An application by a father 14 years ago to register the birth of his three children is the centrepiece of the Jammu and Kashmir police's plea that one of the eight accused in the horrific rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, be tried as an adult.

The fate of the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua will be decided next week by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with the Crime Branch moving a petition to contest that he is a minor, officials said today.

A court today posted the hearing for the case involving the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua for the third week of. Chief Judicial Magistrate or CJM AS Langeh fixed the hearing for Tuesday, May 22.

The alleged juvenile offender detained in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua was produced before a Kathua magisterial court in veil amid tight security to be given the copies of the Crime Branch chargesheet against him and other prosecution documents.

A Kathua court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of an alleged juvenile offender, detained in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide protection to the family of the eight-year-oldho was raped and murdered in Kathua. The family had requested the Supreme Court to transfer the trial out of the state, citing a backlash and lack of security for his family. Eight people, including a juvenile have been accuse...

The Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police probing the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl today filed a separate chargesheet against another accused in the case, who was earlier said to be a juvenile, at a court in Kathua district.

The key accused in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, considered a juvenile, is more than 19 years old, a medical board formed to determine his age has concluded. The state Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has named an influential former bureaucrat as the mastermind, but is yet to arrest him. The famil...