The 14-and-a-half-year-old victim used to live along with her mother and younger sister in a rented house under Janak ganj police station limits in the district and the accused is the son of the landlord.
The judgement was passed while considering a bail application of an accused in a rape case. While considering the bail plea, the court asked whether the victim's right to be heard includes the obligation to be impleaded as a party-respondent in criminal proceedings.
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Rajasthan High Court's order, summoning IPS officer Ajay Pal Lamba for recording his evidence as a court witness in a case related to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's appeal against his conviction in a minor's rape case.
A special court in Vishakhapatnam on April 6 acquitted all the 13 policemen who were accused in the Vakapalli gangrape case. 11 Adivasi women belonging to the Kondh community were allegedly gang-raped at a village in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju district in 2007.
he dead body Dalit woman who was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Thursday, was cremated on Sunday after talks with the protesters late at night.
"Attempts were made to suppress the incident of rape of Dalit women in Balotra, but the incident came out only through media. The police also didn't provide any help to the victim's family," Rajyavardhan Rathore said.
The matter pertains to April 6, when a Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district. The victim succumbed to burn injuries at Jaipur's Mahatma Gandhi Hospital on Saturday, police said.
"The accused identified as Palash Chandel, who was absconding for around two months, was arrested on April 6 and later released on bail," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anil Kumar Soni said.