According Jhabua SP Agam Jain, the case against Jha has been registered under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), Pocso Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The accused had raped a 12-year-old tribal girl at her under construction house in a village under Khudel police station limits in the district on Thursday. The accused has been identifed as the main accused Armaan alias Battu (19), Raees (23) and Raees (24).
According to the reports, the accused, Babul Tumung, allegedly raped and killed the minor girl and dumped her body in the Digaru River in the Sonapur area in Kamrup (Metro) district on June 28. Later, police recovered the body from the river.
Sources in the ministry said, the "Scheme for critical care and support for accessing justice to rape/gang-rape survivors and minor girls who get pregnant" was appraised at the total cost of Rs 74.10 crore Under the Nirbhaya fund.
Delhi Police on Thursday said that police authorities will try to get maximum punishment including the death sentence for the accused Sahil who allegedly murdered a 16-year-old minor girl in Shahbad Dairy.
"A 640-page final chargesheet against Sahil, accused of killing a 16-year-old minor girl in Delhi's Shahbad Dairy, has been filed in the court," Delhi Police said.
Kerala's Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan has asked the State government to initiate a case against CPI (M) State Secretary M V Govindan and its mouthpiece Deshabhimani over the allegation made agaisnt KPCC President K Sudhakaran that he was present at fake antique leader Monson Mavunkal's
A retired police personnel posted in Crime Branch allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, a police official said on Monday.