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Already a thread good on them but maybe minimum age should increased to 16-17.
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Assault, murder of 8-year-old Asifa Bano in JK - Protests by Hindu nationalists (supporting accused)
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Good move.
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A rape is a rape and a child being raped is ......
My wife told me about this few days ago.
I didnt have the heart to ask her which country it happened in or what was her religion.
My wife told me about this few days ago.
I didnt have the heart to ask her which country it happened in or what was her religion.
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Mubarak to BJP supporters and the ultra nationalists.
How can normal Indians be OK with this? Hopefully people protest the move to make that guy minister.
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A guy who claimed to the victims father and led donations and campaigns accepts in the court that he did it for money which he shared with a ngo and a local politician.
Absolutely pathetic.Disgraceful. These guys too deserve to be punished severely. Every penny must be given to the victims father.
Absolutely pathetic.Disgraceful. These guys too deserve to be punished severely. Every penny must be given to the victims father.
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life imprisonment and three 5yrs prison sentence
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...pe-murder-kashmir-girl-8-190610065538571.html
"Three police officers were found guilty of destroying evidence and sentenced to five years in prison"
"The case sparked widespread anger and made headlines when Hindu right-wing groups protested over the men's arrest"
"Investigators said that Sanjhi Ram, a 60-year-old retired government officer, allegedly planned the crime with the help of police officers Surinder Verma, Anand Dutta, Tilak Raj and Deepak Khajuria"
"Ram's son, Vishal, his nephew, a juvenile, and his friend, Parvesh Kumar, were also accused over the rape and murder.
While Vishal was acquitted, Ram, Khajuria and Kumar have been sentenced for life. The remaining three have been handed five-year sentences"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48552354
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...pe-murder-kashmir-girl-8-190610065538571.html
"Three police officers were found guilty of destroying evidence and sentenced to five years in prison"
"The case sparked widespread anger and made headlines when Hindu right-wing groups protested over the men's arrest"
"Investigators said that Sanjhi Ram, a 60-year-old retired government officer, allegedly planned the crime with the help of police officers Surinder Verma, Anand Dutta, Tilak Raj and Deepak Khajuria"
"Ram's son, Vishal, his nephew, a juvenile, and his friend, Parvesh Kumar, were also accused over the rape and murder.
While Vishal was acquitted, Ram, Khajuria and Kumar have been sentenced for life. The remaining three have been handed five-year sentences"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48552354
"Most Brutal" Accused In 8-Year-Old Girl's Rape In Jammu's Kathua To Be Tried As Adult
Srinagar: Four years after the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, the main accused in the ghastly crime will face trial as an adult.
The Supreme Court today ordered that the main accused, Shubam Sangra, should be tried as an adult and not a juvenile.
Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala overruled the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, which had upheld a trial court decision that Sangra was a juvenile.
There was a controversy over the actual age of the main accused, since there was no authentic proof of his age.
A medical board formed on the directions of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in March 2018 conducted an age determination test and found him to be above 19 and not 15-year-old as reported by his family.
But the trial court in Kathua ordered that the main accused should be tried as a juvenile and not an adult.
Later, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court too upheld the decision of the magistrate's court, despite the findings of the medical board formed on its directions.
Eventually, a Juvenile Justice Board started proceedings against the accused, triggering outrage.
The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Administration appealed against the judgement, and the case was paused by the Supreme Court in February 2020.
According to the Crime Branch which investigated the Kathua rape and murder, Shubam Sangra was the "most brutal" after the 8-year-old was kidnapped and repeatedly raped inside a temple at Rasana village in Kathua.
The gut-wrenching crime was committed to strike fear and drive the nomad community out of Kathua. The girl was drugged, held captive, repeatedly raped and then murdered.
On January 10, 2018, the 8-year-old herding horses went missing. On January 17, her body was found in a jungle, mutilated.
As the Crime Branch arrested the accused in the case, several political leaders including some ministers in BJP-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government, lawyers and civil society groups in Jammu rallied behind the accused.
A group of lawyers in Kathua even tried to prevent the Crime Branch from filing chargesheet before the court.
It was following intervention by the Supreme Court that the trial was transferred to Pathankot.
In June 2019, the court held six of the seven accused guilty of conspiracy, rape and murder of the nomad girl. One accused was acquitted on the benefit of the doubt.
But the main accused, Shubam Sangra could not be tried with others arrested in the case because of controversy over his age and the subsequent decision by Chief Judicial Magistrate Kathua that he should be tried as a juvenile.
The Supreme Court today ruled that medical evidence has proved that the accused was an adult at the time of gang rape and murder, and the medical opinion will be considered conclusive evidence in the absence of any other proof.
After the top court's order, officials say, Shubam Sangra will now stand trial as an adult after evading it on the pretext of being a minor for four years.
NDTV
Srinagar: Four years after the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, the main accused in the ghastly crime will face trial as an adult.
The Supreme Court today ordered that the main accused, Shubam Sangra, should be tried as an adult and not a juvenile.
Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala overruled the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, which had upheld a trial court decision that Sangra was a juvenile.
There was a controversy over the actual age of the main accused, since there was no authentic proof of his age.
A medical board formed on the directions of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in March 2018 conducted an age determination test and found him to be above 19 and not 15-year-old as reported by his family.
But the trial court in Kathua ordered that the main accused should be tried as a juvenile and not an adult.
Later, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court too upheld the decision of the magistrate's court, despite the findings of the medical board formed on its directions.
Eventually, a Juvenile Justice Board started proceedings against the accused, triggering outrage.
The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Administration appealed against the judgement, and the case was paused by the Supreme Court in February 2020.
According to the Crime Branch which investigated the Kathua rape and murder, Shubam Sangra was the "most brutal" after the 8-year-old was kidnapped and repeatedly raped inside a temple at Rasana village in Kathua.
The gut-wrenching crime was committed to strike fear and drive the nomad community out of Kathua. The girl was drugged, held captive, repeatedly raped and then murdered.
On January 10, 2018, the 8-year-old herding horses went missing. On January 17, her body was found in a jungle, mutilated.
As the Crime Branch arrested the accused in the case, several political leaders including some ministers in BJP-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government, lawyers and civil society groups in Jammu rallied behind the accused.
A group of lawyers in Kathua even tried to prevent the Crime Branch from filing chargesheet before the court.
It was following intervention by the Supreme Court that the trial was transferred to Pathankot.
In June 2019, the court held six of the seven accused guilty of conspiracy, rape and murder of the nomad girl. One accused was acquitted on the benefit of the doubt.
But the main accused, Shubam Sangra could not be tried with others arrested in the case because of controversy over his age and the subsequent decision by Chief Judicial Magistrate Kathua that he should be tried as a juvenile.
The Supreme Court today ruled that medical evidence has proved that the accused was an adult at the time of gang rape and murder, and the medical opinion will be considered conclusive evidence in the absence of any other proof.
After the top court's order, officials say, Shubam Sangra will now stand trial as an adult after evading it on the pretext of being a minor for four years.
NDTV
After Supreme Court Order, Kathua Victim's Family Awaits Trial Of Accused
New Delhi: Seeking justice for over four years, the family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape-murder victim is eagerly waiting for the start of the trial against Shubam Sangra, who will be treated as an adult following a Supreme Court order.
The lawyer for the victim's family, Mubeen Farooqi, told PTI from Malerkotla in Punjab that the trial should take place in Punjab as was done for the other accused and not anywhere else. If needed, they will approach the Supreme Court again to get clarity on this issue, he said.
"We can't have two appellate courts for the same case," the lawyer said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held Sangra, a key accused in the sensational gangrape and murder of the girl from a nomadic community in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, was not a minor at the time of the offence and ordered his trial as an adult.
The top court also observed that a casual or cavalier approach by courts in such cases cannot be permitted.
A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and J B Pardiwala said though there was a "clear and unambiguous case in favour of the accused person's juvenility on the basis of his birth certificate and school records, he cannot take shelter under such documents when a heinous crime has been committed".
It also chastised the CJM and the high court over their "casual and cavalier" approach while deciding the accused was a juvenile when the crime was committed.
The minor girl was kidnapped on January 10, 2018 and was raped in captivity in a small village temple after being kept sedated for four days. She was later bludgeoned to death.
Mr Farooqi cited the 2018 order of the Supreme Court under which the trial of the case was transferred to Pathankot in Punjab and a day-to-day hearing was ordered after some lawyers in Kathua had prevented the Crime Branch officials from filing a charge sheet.
"Now this is clear that the trial of the case has to be held in Pathankot only and if need be, we will approach the Supreme Court again to get clarity on this issue," he said.
The three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the then chief justice Dipak Misra had ordered shifting of the trial from Kathua and also made it clear that the District and Sessions Judge of Pathankot shall himself take up the trial and not assign it to any additional judge.
Besides ordering daily in-camera hearings, the bench, which also comprised Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is now the Chief Justice of India, and Justice Indu Malhotra, had made it clear that "as this court (Supreme Court) is monitoring the matter, no court shall entertain any petition pertaining to the case".
"Though the top court in 2018 gave all protection to Sangra, who was treated as a juvenile at that time, things have changed after Wednesday's order. Hence, the trial should start at Pathankot only," Mr Farooqi said.
Mohammed Yusuf, who had adopted the girl, was also hopeful that the trial in the case would begin as soon as possible.
The special court had on June 10, 2019 sentenced three men to life imprisonment till their last breath for the ghastly crime that shook the nation.
Sanji Ram, the mastermind and caretaker of the 'devasthanam' (temple), where the crime took place in January 2018; Deepak Khajuria, a Special Police Officer, and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian - the three main accused - were spared the death penalty, a punishment sought by the prosecution during the year-long in-camera trial.
The three were convicted under Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) sections relating to criminal conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, gang rape, destruction of evidence, drugging the victim and common intention.
The other three accused - Sub Inspector Anand Dutta, Head Constable Tilak Raj and special police officer Surender Verma - were convicted for the destruction of evidence to cover up the crime and handed down five years in jail and ₹ 50,000 fine each. All three are out on parole now.
The trial court had acquitted the seventh accused Vishal Jangotra, son of Sanji Ram, giving him the benefit of doubt.
The trial of Sangra is expected to cast a shadow on Jangotra's discharge.
"There is a statement of Sangra pointing at his involvement and we are sure that the court will treat that statement as extracted from an adult and revisit the case," a senior official associated with the case said.
Sangra is at present lodged in a juvenile home in Kathua under the custody of a Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir police will be serving the order of the Supreme Court soon after which the accused is likely to be shifted to normal jail in Jammu before a decision on where to conduct the trial is taken.
NDTV
New Delhi: Seeking justice for over four years, the family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape-murder victim is eagerly waiting for the start of the trial against Shubam Sangra, who will be treated as an adult following a Supreme Court order.
The lawyer for the victim's family, Mubeen Farooqi, told PTI from Malerkotla in Punjab that the trial should take place in Punjab as was done for the other accused and not anywhere else. If needed, they will approach the Supreme Court again to get clarity on this issue, he said.
"We can't have two appellate courts for the same case," the lawyer said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held Sangra, a key accused in the sensational gangrape and murder of the girl from a nomadic community in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, was not a minor at the time of the offence and ordered his trial as an adult.
The top court also observed that a casual or cavalier approach by courts in such cases cannot be permitted.
A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and J B Pardiwala said though there was a "clear and unambiguous case in favour of the accused person's juvenility on the basis of his birth certificate and school records, he cannot take shelter under such documents when a heinous crime has been committed".
It also chastised the CJM and the high court over their "casual and cavalier" approach while deciding the accused was a juvenile when the crime was committed.
The minor girl was kidnapped on January 10, 2018 and was raped in captivity in a small village temple after being kept sedated for four days. She was later bludgeoned to death.
Mr Farooqi cited the 2018 order of the Supreme Court under which the trial of the case was transferred to Pathankot in Punjab and a day-to-day hearing was ordered after some lawyers in Kathua had prevented the Crime Branch officials from filing a charge sheet.
"Now this is clear that the trial of the case has to be held in Pathankot only and if need be, we will approach the Supreme Court again to get clarity on this issue," he said.
The three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the then chief justice Dipak Misra had ordered shifting of the trial from Kathua and also made it clear that the District and Sessions Judge of Pathankot shall himself take up the trial and not assign it to any additional judge.
Besides ordering daily in-camera hearings, the bench, which also comprised Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is now the Chief Justice of India, and Justice Indu Malhotra, had made it clear that "as this court (Supreme Court) is monitoring the matter, no court shall entertain any petition pertaining to the case".
"Though the top court in 2018 gave all protection to Sangra, who was treated as a juvenile at that time, things have changed after Wednesday's order. Hence, the trial should start at Pathankot only," Mr Farooqi said.
Mohammed Yusuf, who had adopted the girl, was also hopeful that the trial in the case would begin as soon as possible.
The special court had on June 10, 2019 sentenced three men to life imprisonment till their last breath for the ghastly crime that shook the nation.
Sanji Ram, the mastermind and caretaker of the 'devasthanam' (temple), where the crime took place in January 2018; Deepak Khajuria, a Special Police Officer, and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian - the three main accused - were spared the death penalty, a punishment sought by the prosecution during the year-long in-camera trial.
The three were convicted under Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) sections relating to criminal conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, gang rape, destruction of evidence, drugging the victim and common intention.
The other three accused - Sub Inspector Anand Dutta, Head Constable Tilak Raj and special police officer Surender Verma - were convicted for the destruction of evidence to cover up the crime and handed down five years in jail and ₹ 50,000 fine each. All three are out on parole now.
The trial court had acquitted the seventh accused Vishal Jangotra, son of Sanji Ram, giving him the benefit of doubt.
The trial of Sangra is expected to cast a shadow on Jangotra's discharge.
"There is a statement of Sangra pointing at his involvement and we are sure that the court will treat that statement as extracted from an adult and revisit the case," a senior official associated with the case said.
Sangra is at present lodged in a juvenile home in Kathua under the custody of a Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir police will be serving the order of the Supreme Court soon after which the accused is likely to be shifted to normal jail in Jammu before a decision on where to conduct the trial is taken.
NDTV
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