New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped.
The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department has submitted a progress report to the Calcutta High Court of the investigation into the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla
Following massive public outrage over the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, the state’s Chief Minister, Yogi Aditynath today announced a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the incident and report back in 7 days.
The Supreme Court has observed that it cannot be laid down as a rule of universal application that whenever the death occurs on account of a single blow, Section 302 IPC is ruled out.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) can hear the bail plea of any “child” accused even if the child was now a major. The court ruled that if the accused was a child at the time of arrest then he has full right to be tried by the JJB on bail issues.