Rape Case

Three men, Lucky, Sanjay and Rajendra, in connection with the alleged rape of a 20-year-old girl at a factory in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, confirmed police on September 2. As per the victim's FIR, the accused allegedly called her on the pretext of overtime and raped her on August 28. Moreover, they threatened the victim with dire consequences if she disclosed her sexual abuse. An investigation into the matter is underway.

The Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam movie producer and actor Vijay Babu in an alleged rape case. On June 22, the HC single-judge bench Bechu Kurian Thomas granted bail with conditions like, Babu needs to appear before the police from June 27 to July 3, shall not intermediate victim, not leave the state and furnish a bond of Rs 5 lakh with two securities.

In Mumbai, a special POSCO court Judge Seema Jadhav on December 29 awarded life imprisonment to a catholic priest for raping a 13-year-old boy in 2015. Reportedly, the boy was raped by Father Johnson Lawrence in church and was sent to jail after the victim's parents registered a complaint on December 15 in 2015. The priest was found guilty under sections 6 and 12 of the POCSO act. 

Recent reports have revealed that Delhi witnessed 1,699 rape cases, 2,186 molestation cases and 65 sexual assault cases against children in 2020. Breaking down the data, Delhi reportedly, experienced a rape every five-hours. Surprisingly, only 2% of accused persons were strangers to the victims, said commissioner SN Shrivastava. Moreover, murders and car theft took place every 19-hours and 15 minutes. However, the cases count have reduced… read-more