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MP rape survivor's family ostracised by village after failing to host feast ordered by panchayat
Arun Shrivastava •The incident occurred in Rajgarh district's Dungarpur village in the first week of February.
#MeToo in India: Survivors should take cue from Rupan Deol Bajaj, make their fights razor-sharp, legally tenable
Chander Suta Dogra •Rupan Deol Bajaj secured a conviction under two archaic sections of the Indian Penal Code, invoking them exclusively for the first time in 128 years since the IPC was drafted by the British in 1860.
Hapur 'rape' survivor beaten by accused lawyer's colleagues: Family alleges threat to life as police await evidence
Shaktithakur_kamalbhargava •A 34-year-old single mother was allegedly attacked by a mob of lawyers at the Hapur district court for pursuing a rape case against a lawyer; the family now claims they can't even engage a lawyer for the case
Man from Rajasthan arrested for allegedly raping 13-year-old daughter for six months
•A 13-year-old girl was allegedly repeatedly raped by her father for six months, following which he was arrested from Rajasthan's Jhalawar district
Marital rape not an offence but wife can sue husband for forced 'unnatural sex', observes Gujarat HC
Ians •The Gujarat High Court on Monday observed that non-consensual intercourse by a husband cannot be dubbed as rape. However, it also stated that subjecting his married partner to have oral or unnatural sex was akin to cruelty.
Four booked for raping minor girl in Rajasthan's Sikar district, sharing obscene video on social media
•Four youths have been booked by police in Sikar district for circulating an obscene video of a teenage girl after allegedly abducting and raping her
Former French diplomat Pascal Mazurier acquitted on charges of raping his minor daughter by Bengaluru court
•Pascal Mazurier, a suspended French consular official was acquitted of the charge of raping his minor daughter by a Bengaluru court, on the grounds that he was "falsely implicated" and was innocent
Mahmood Farooqui, 'Peepli Live' co-director, convicted for raping a US woman
Fp Staff •A Delhi court on Saturday convicted Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui for raping a 35-year-old US woman who had come down to India for research related work.
Four-year-old raped in Uttar Pradesh: Case filed against absconding accused, say cops
Fp Archives •A 4-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in a village in Shamli district, police said on Friday. Nitin (24) took her to a field in Kheri Furkan village last evening and raped her, they said.
Forceful but not forced: Delhi HC's rape verdict stirs up controversy
Fp Archives •In its judgement, the HC overturned a trial court order which had awarded life term to a man who raped a woman while drunk, causing in her death.