Category: Indian Penal Code

Source: business-standard.com A six-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man when she was playing near her house in Nowrozabad area of Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday. Shivnath Kulke has been arrested for allegedly raping the minor girl when she was playing in her neighbourhood in Kathautiya village under

Source: thehindu.com India has abstained from voting on a General Assembly resolution aimed at examining options to end trade in goods used for capital punishment and torture, saying it is unacceptable to place death penalty on par with torture. The 193-member UN General Assembly Friday adopted the resolution ‘Towards torture-free trade: examining the feasibility, scope

Source:-business-standard.com A Delhi court has sentenced a man and three of his family members to five years in jail for harassing his wife for demand of dowry and driving her to suicide. Additional Sessions Judge Satinder Kumar Gautam convicted Aditya Bajaj, his brother Abhishek Bajaj, mother Chand Bajaj and father Ashok Bajaj for the offences under Sections 498 A (husband or his relative subjecting wife to cruelty)

Source:- timesnownews.com Mumbai: A man was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly touching himself inappropriately in front of a minor. The accused works as a tailor. The four-year-old boy shared the incident with his family, after which they approached the police. The arrest was made on Tuesday, June 4.  The complaint against the accused was lodged

Source:- asianage.com New Delhi: In the future, you may be able to raise the issue of the malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVM)  and voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)  machines or their mismatch without the fear of being arrested. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is contemplating revisiting a rule that provides for the prosecution of