The Delhi High court on Tuesday declared that the virginity test conducted on a female detainee, accused under investigation, or in custody, whether judicial or police, is unconstitutional and in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution which includes right to dignity.
Businessman Vijay Nair approached the Delhi High Court alleging that the sensitive information related to his case is being leaked to the media by the CBI and ED and it is prejudicing his right as an accused.
Delhi Police in its charge sheet has disclosed gory details of the murder of Shraddha Walkar and how Aaftab Poonawala, the accused in the case, committed the crime. The police have also detailed Aaftab's activities after the murder.
Delhi's Saket court on Saturday discharged Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Safoora Zargar and eight other accused in the Jamia Millia Islamia University violence case registered in 2019.
The incident has been reported in Kekadiya village under Ratibad police station limits in the city. The accused has been identified as Hiralal Jamod (26), a resident of the same village.
Three of five accused persons named in the FIR into the alleged lynching of a youth at Manjhi in Bihar's Saran district on Sunday were arrested, the police informed on Monday.