Rape Victim
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Punjab: Six-year-old girl raped for a year by four minors, three held
•The girl's family lodged a complaint after the victim narrated the incident to them recently
Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur arrested for 'abetting' suicide of rape victim, her friend
•The woman, who had accused Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai of rape in May 2019, died on 24 August after she and her friend Satyam Rai set themselves afire outside the Supreme Court complex
'Unbecoming of an Indian woman': Karnataka HC tells survivor who claimed to have fallen asleep after being raped; gives bail to accused
•Granting an advance bail to the rape accused, Justice Krishna S Dixit of the Karnataka HC also observed 'This is not the way our women react when they are ravished'
Bombay HC allows mentally challenged rape victim to abort 22-week-old foetus
•The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted a mentally challenged rape victim to abort her 22-week-old foetus.
Victim's silence regarding rape cannot be taken as proof of consent, says Delhi High Court
•The silence of a rape victim cannot be taken as proof of consent for sexual relations, the Delhi High Court has observed.
Sixteen-year-old schoolgirl abducted and raped in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district; probe underway
•A 16-year-old schoolgirl was abducted and raped inside a hotel in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh by two men, police said on Thursday.
Compensation for 10-year-old rape victim in Chandigarh: Supreme Court seeks response from Centre
•Chandigarh: 10-year-old rape victim delivers baby, put under observation
•The girl was unaware that she had delivered a child. Her parents had told her that she has a stone in her stomach and she had to be operated for that.
Supreme Court: HIV positive rape victim can't terminate pregnancy as it is risky
•New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that an HIV positive destitute woman, who was raped on the streets of Patna and is 26 weeks pregnant, cannot abort the foetus as a medical report has suggested it would be risky for both.
Rajasthan women commission member clicks selfie with rape victim
•A selfie clicked by the member of Rajasthan State Commission for Women with a rape victim courted controversy prompting the chairperson of the commission to seek a written explanation.