Orissa Rape

Upholding the order of a trial court, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for repeatedly raping her sister and impregnating her when she was 14.

The Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship was based on a promise of marriage which could not be materialised for some reasons, it cannot be considered rape.

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday refused to allow the termination of the pregnancy of a physically-challenged woman.

The fugitive husband of a woman who was allegedly set on fire after being rape by her father-in-law surrendered before the police on Wednesday at Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

An eighteen-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped at a sea beach in Orissa's Kendrapara district by a group of wayward youths after tying the victim's male companion to a tree.The incident, according to police sources, took place at Tanda sea beach on Friday evening."Five youths in an inebriated state sexually assaulted the victim by turn. The mal...

A 'tantrik' was arrested and remanded to jail custody today for allegedly raping a teenaged girl in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.The incident was reported from Haladigadia village where Bhaju Jena alias Manibaba took advantage of the girl for three years after befriending her parents with the promise of giving them wealth and prosperity th...

The body of a six year-old girl was recovered by the police from Sundar Gouri reserve forest in Nilgiri sub-division of Balasore district on Monday.     It was being suspected that the girl was raped and beaten to death, the police said.     A distant uncle of the girl, with whom she was seen on bicycle was d...

The Orissa Assembly spoke in one voice demanding harsh punishment for teachers accused of raping and molesting students in a state-run tribal school.

Four girls, in their early teens, have been raped repeatedly, allegedly by the headmaster and teacher of a boarding school in Orissa's Nabarangpur district.

One of the accused in the alleged rape of a Catholic nun in Orissa's Kandhamal district on August 28 has been arrested from K Nuagaon area.

Orissa government has admitted that the nun was paraded half naked after being allegedly raped at K Nuagaon last year in the riot-hit district.

The victim nun in the Kandhamal nun rape case has identified the main accused in a test identification parade.

Upholding the order of a trial court, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for repeatedly raping her sister and impregnating her when she was 14.

The Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship was based on a promise of marriage which could not be materialised for some reasons, it cannot be considered rape.

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday refused to allow the termination of the pregnancy of a physically-challenged woman.

The fugitive husband of a woman who was allegedly set on fire after being rape by her father-in-law surrendered before the police on Wednesday at Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

An eighteen-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped at a sea beach in Orissa's Kendrapara district by a group of wayward youths after tying the victim's male companion to a tree.The incident, according to police sources, took place at Tanda sea beach on Friday evening."Five youths in an inebriated state sexually assaulted the victim by turn. The mal...

A 'tantrik' was arrested and remanded to jail custody today for allegedly raping a teenaged girl in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.The incident was reported from Haladigadia village where Bhaju Jena alias Manibaba took advantage of the girl for three years after befriending her parents with the promise of giving them wealth and prosperity th...

The body of a six year-old girl was recovered by the police from Sundar Gouri reserve forest in Nilgiri sub-division of Balasore district on Monday.     It was being suspected that the girl was raped and beaten to death, the police said.     A distant uncle of the girl, with whom she was seen on bicycle was d...

The Orissa Assembly spoke in one voice demanding harsh punishment for teachers accused of raping and molesting students in a state-run tribal school.

Four girls, in their early teens, have been raped repeatedly, allegedly by the headmaster and teacher of a boarding school in Orissa's Nabarangpur district.

One of the accused in the alleged rape of a Catholic nun in Orissa's Kandhamal district on August 28 has been arrested from K Nuagaon area.

Orissa government has admitted that the nun was paraded half naked after being allegedly raped at K Nuagaon last year in the riot-hit district.

The victim nun in the Kandhamal nun rape case has identified the main accused in a test identification parade.