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Brad Pitt's Former Body Double Imprisoned For Sexual Offences
The case marks Scotland's first prosecution of its kind, highlighting Ford's 12-year campaign of abuse against nine women.
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'Relationships Upon Turning Sour...': Top Court Flags A "Worrying Trend"
Flagging the "worrying trend" where long term consensual relationships, upon turning sour, were sought to be criminalised, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR lodged against a man for alleged offences of rape and cheating.
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Non-Consensual Intercourse With Minor Wife Is Rape: Bombay High Court
Non-consensual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years of age constitutes the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court said while upholding the conviction of a man sentenced to 10 years for the crime.
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High Court Raps Investigation In Thane Rape Case, Implementation Of POCSO
The Bombay High Court had expressed serious concern about the flaws in the implementation of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
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"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
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Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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Unnatural Sex With Wife Is Not Rape, Says Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR against a man filed by his wife accusing him of having unnatural sex with the observation that it was not an offence in law as she was married to him.
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Accused In Minor's Rape Can't Serve Parole Where Survivor Lives: Rajasthan High Court
In a significant ruling, the Rajasthan High Court ordered that an accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 cannot serve parole in the same city or village where the survivor lives.
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Reneging On Promise To Marry Due To Parents Not Agreeing Not Rape: Court
A man reneging on his promise to marry due to parental disapproval cannot be tried for the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench held.
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41-Year-Old Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Minor Daughter
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. court on Monday sentenced a 41-year-old man to imprisonment of 20 years for raping his 12-year-old daughter at their house in 2021.
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Woman Jailed For 40 Years For Letting 2 Partners Rape Her Minor Daughter
Kerala special Fast Track Court has sentenced a woman to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Monday.
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Handcuffs Should Not Be Used For Economic Offenders: Parliamentary Panel
People taken into custody for economic offences should not be handcuffed and clubbed with those arrested for heinous crimes such as rape and murder, a parliamentary committee has recommended.
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UK Police Begin Probe Into Rape Allegations Against Actor Russell Brand
British police said on Monday they had launched an investigation into a number of allegations of non-recent sexual offences following media reports that four women had accused actor and comedian Russell Brand of a string of sexual assaults.
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No Government Jobs To Persons Accused Of Rape, Says Chhattisgarh
The Chhattisgarh government on Monday issued an order barring those accused in cases of rape, molestation and some other offences from being appointed to government jobs in the state, an official said.
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Can't Use Courts To Settle Scores In Sex Offence Cases: Delhi High Court
Courts cannot be used as "marriage facilitators" between parties in sexual offence cases, the Delhi High Court said today.
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Brad Pitt's Former Body Double Imprisoned For Sexual Offences
The case marks Scotland's first prosecution of its kind, highlighting Ford's 12-year campaign of abuse against nine women.
-
'Relationships Upon Turning Sour...': Top Court Flags A "Worrying Trend"
Flagging the "worrying trend" where long term consensual relationships, upon turning sour, were sought to be criminalised, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR lodged against a man for alleged offences of rape and cheating.
-
Non-Consensual Intercourse With Minor Wife Is Rape: Bombay High Court
Non-consensual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years of age constitutes the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court said while upholding the conviction of a man sentenced to 10 years for the crime.
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High Court Raps Investigation In Thane Rape Case, Implementation Of POCSO
The Bombay High Court had expressed serious concern about the flaws in the implementation of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
-
"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
-
Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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Unnatural Sex With Wife Is Not Rape, Says Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR against a man filed by his wife accusing him of having unnatural sex with the observation that it was not an offence in law as she was married to him.
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Accused In Minor's Rape Can't Serve Parole Where Survivor Lives: Rajasthan High Court
In a significant ruling, the Rajasthan High Court ordered that an accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 cannot serve parole in the same city or village where the survivor lives.
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Reneging On Promise To Marry Due To Parents Not Agreeing Not Rape: Court
A man reneging on his promise to marry due to parental disapproval cannot be tried for the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench held.
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41-Year-Old Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Minor Daughter
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. court on Monday sentenced a 41-year-old man to imprisonment of 20 years for raping his 12-year-old daughter at their house in 2021.
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Woman Jailed For 40 Years For Letting 2 Partners Rape Her Minor Daughter
Kerala special Fast Track Court has sentenced a woman to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Monday.
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Handcuffs Should Not Be Used For Economic Offenders: Parliamentary Panel
People taken into custody for economic offences should not be handcuffed and clubbed with those arrested for heinous crimes such as rape and murder, a parliamentary committee has recommended.
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UK Police Begin Probe Into Rape Allegations Against Actor Russell Brand
British police said on Monday they had launched an investigation into a number of allegations of non-recent sexual offences following media reports that four women had accused actor and comedian Russell Brand of a string of sexual assaults.
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No Government Jobs To Persons Accused Of Rape, Says Chhattisgarh
The Chhattisgarh government on Monday issued an order barring those accused in cases of rape, molestation and some other offences from being appointed to government jobs in the state, an official said.
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Can't Use Courts To Settle Scores In Sex Offence Cases: Delhi High Court
Courts cannot be used as "marriage facilitators" between parties in sexual offence cases, the Delhi High Court said today.
