22-year-old POCSO accused alleges false FIR filed due to property dispute; Supreme Court grants bail
The undertrial prisoner, accused of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old, has been behind the bars for almost two and a half years.
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Uttaranchal High Court grants bail to a Child-in-conflict with law considering that she was young and had less understanding to differentiate between right and wrong
A Child-in-conflict with law (CIL) was granted bail considering that she was a young girl; her family was poor; she had less understanding to distinguish between right and wrong and her family atmosphere was good. The Court also discussed situations in which a CIL could be denied bail even in bailable offences as per Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
POCSO| Supreme Court grants pre-arrest bail to a public servant accused of rape
The accused had argued that the complainant and her family, out of ill will, had orchestrated the complaint and were extorting the petitioner for their own means and benefits. Rajasthan High Court, however, did not appreciate the fact that the previous complaints filed by the prosecutrix was closed on account of being frivolous and a closure report was also filed in the matter.
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to man accused of rape after 10 years of courtship; sets aside Rajasthan High Court’s order
The Supreme Court, while allowing the special leave petition filed by the petitioner, set aside the order passed by the Rajasthan High Court which had dismissed the anticipatory bail application without considering the facts and circumstances of the case.
Delhi High Court | Statement made under Sec 164 CrPC disclosing commission of rape is sufficient to frame charges under Sec 376 IPC
Delhi High Court: In a case where revision petition was filed against the order passed by the Trial Court by
Allahabad High Court reiterates that the gravity of the offence is of ample significance for a case to fall within the exceptions under the proviso to Section 12(1) of JJ Act
Allahabad High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed against the orders passed by the Juvenile Justice Board (‘JJB’) and
Allahabad High Court upholds Trial Court’s order, convicting a 68-year-old man who raped a minor girl, 43 years ago
Allahabad High Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by Trial Court, convicting the appellant/convict under Section 376 of
Allahabad High Court sets free rape convict languishing in jail from past 21 years; Showed anguish on authorities for notconsidering him for remission
Allahabad High Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by Special Judge convicting the accused under Section 376 of
Kerala High Court | Marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of POCSO Act
A child marriage compromises the growth of the child to her full potential. It is the bane of society.
Delhi High Court upholds 12-year imprisonment awarded to father guilty of raping his minor daughter
Delhi High Court: In an appeal challenging the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge convicting the Father (Appellant) under
Rape and Marriage Jurisprudence: A Study of Recent Judicial Trends Pertaining to Marriage Post Rape
by Sanjay Vashishtha †
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Patriarchal & sexist to assume that a sexually active woman cannot be raped; Anyone conducting ‘two-finger’ test will be guilty of misconduct: SC
The “two-finger test” or pre vaginum test has no scientific basis and neither proves nor disproves allegations of rape. It instead re-victimizes and re-traumatizes women who may have been sexually assaulted, and is an affront to their dignity.
“Juvenile can be denied bail, if his release defeats ends of justice”; Allahabad High Court upholds JJB order declining bail to a juvenile in a rape case of a 6-year-old
Allahabad High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed under Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice Act challenging the order passed by
“He was kind enough to leave the prosecutrix alive”: Madhya Pradesh High Court observes while reducing rape convict’s sentence
Madhya Pradesh High Court | The Division Bench comprising of Subodh Abhyankar* and Satyendra Kumar Singh, JJ., reduces life imprisonment awarded to
Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court’s conviction order for raping his one year old niece
A murderer destroys the physical frame of a victim, a rapist degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female.
Allahabad High Court dismisses Politician Srikant Tyagi’s Anticipatory Bail plea in an alleged rape case
Allahabad High Court: In an anticipatory bail application filed by politician Srikant Tyagi for offences under Sections 366, 376 of
Kerala High Court| Allegation of rape on false promise to marriage unsustainable, if the relationship between the two continued even after marriage of accused
Kerala High Court: In a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for quashing the
Courts equally responsible to provide proper legal protection to minor rape victims; Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds life imprisonment of accused for minor’s rape and murder
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While dismissing the present appeal preferred by the appellant against judgment dated 09-08-2012 and the
Bombay High Court quashes rape case FIR registered against son of CPM’s Kerala State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Bombay High Court: In a case filed for quashing of the charges registered against Binoy Kodiyeri (petitioner), son of CPM’s