Patna: Patna high court has held that an out-of-court compromise or monetary settlement between an accused and the family of a minor victim of child abuse or rape survivor cannot be used to dilute criminal charges under the Posco Act.A single bench of Justice Purnendu Singh made the observation while rejecting the anticipatory bail plea…
Kanpur: Two people were arrested in Kanpur Dehat late Friday for allegedly attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl and pressuring her to convert her religion after nikah. The arrests followed an FIR lodged by her father at Moosa Nagar police station.The man claimed that the school bus driver, Mukhtar Qureshi, lured his daughter and introduced…
Ahmedabad: A 41-year-old Vejalpur homemaker has filed a police complaint against her husband, exposing a 19-year marriage allegedly defined by chronic infidelity, blackmail, dowry extortion, and ultimate abandonment.The woman, who has lived in a rented flat with her 14-year-old son for the past decade, approached the Vejalpur police on Friday after discovering her husband had…
