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India.com News Desk February 7, 2020 11:20 PM IST
The top court on May 7, 2018, transferred the trial of the case from Kathua in Jammu to Pathankot in Punjab and ordered for day-to-day trial after some lawyers prevented the Crime Branch officials from filing a charge sheet in the sensational case. The special court on June 10 last year sentenced three men to life imprisonment till last breath.
PTI Feeds June 12, 2019 7:28 AM IST
Sanji Ram, along with two others, were convicted for life on charges of rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua by a sessions court in Pathankot on Monday.
India.com News Desk June 11, 2019 12:20 AM IST
Sanji Ram's son Vishal Jangotra acquitted because of a video accessed by Zee News which showed him to have been in Muzaffarnagar at the time of crime.
India.com News Desk June 10, 2019 4:56 PM IST
Earlier in the day, the court had convicted six of seven accused.
India.com News Desk June 10, 2019 11:52 AM IST
The eight-year-old girl was abducted on January 10 last year and allegedly held captive inside a temple in Rasana village of Hiranagar area.
India.com News Desk August 12, 2018 7:12 AM IST
It must be noted that the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by special courts.
India.com News Desk July 30, 2018 8:17 PM IST
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which provides for stringent punishment including the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years, has been passed in the Lok Sabha.
India.com News Desk July 18, 2018 9:29 AM IST
Dutta is a co-accused in the January 2018 incident where an eight-year-old girl belonging to a minority nomadic community was abducted, gangraped and later brutally killed.
India.com News Desk June 24, 2018 9:48 PM IST
The crime branch had asked the medical experts to comment upon the plausible effect of the medicine on an eight-year-old girl with an empty stomach.
India.com News Desk June 4, 2018 6:50 AM IST
Crime Branch says the father didn't reveal correct dates in his application.
Press Trust of India May 21, 2018 12:21 AM IST
The crime branch, meanwhile, issued notices to all the three friends of Vishal for appearing before it for questioning tomorrow after the Supreme Court gave a go ahead on May 17 for their further examination.
India.com News Desk May 7, 2018 7:25 AM IST
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has also said there is no need for a CBI probe into the case.
India.com News Desk May 5, 2018 1:24 PM IST
Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the months-old Kathua gangrape case to find the "real culprits", Sanji Ram said that he was being framed by the police officers.
India.com News Desk May 1, 2018 10:51 AM IST
The incident came to light on April 14 when the accused teacher took the victim to a clinic in Pattan to have her pregnancy aborted. Suspecting rape, the doctor at the clinic had informed the police.
India.com News Desk April 30, 2018 6:47 AM IST
Villagers from Budhi, Barnoti, Nanan and Thanon villages took out a protest march yesterday in Kathua district's Budhi village demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the murder and rape of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu's Kathua.
India.com News Desk April 26, 2018 2:07 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the primary concern in the Kathua gangrape and murder case was to ensure a fair trial.
India.com News Desk April 26, 2018 8:00 AM IST
The defending lawyer also accused Mufti of leading an "Islamo-fascist communal agenda for demographic change in Jammu's Hindu-dominated areas."
India.com News Desk April 25, 2018 2:10 PM IST
The juvenile is among the eight people arrested for kidnapping, gangraping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in January 2018. The alleged juvenile offender had sought the bail on the ground of his age.
India.com News Desk April 22, 2018 12:07 AM IST
The decision has come a day after the Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Supreme Court that it would be putting forth a proposal for a death penalty for those convicted in minor rape cases.
India.com News Desk April 21, 2018 8:53 PM IST
Kathua Rape Victim's Sedation, Rape Confirmed by Medical Experts: J&K Police
India.com News Desk April 21, 2018 10:56 PM IST
A separate order for Jammu and Kashmir is being prepared since the order passed by the union cabinet is not applicable in the state.
India.com News Desk April 21, 2018 5:43 PM IST
The ordinance recommended the death penalty for those accused of raping children below the age of 12 and stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape particularly of girls below 16 years age and below 12 years of age.
Indo-Asian News Service April 21, 2018 4:45 PM IST
Resume Classes, Can't Afford Generation of Illiterates: Minister Tells J&K Students Protesting Over Kathua Rape
India.com News Desk April 20, 2018 4:12 PM IST
Durga Malathi has filed a written complaint with police.
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