#Gang-rape from woman in Bihar

[vyyom]

Let's talk about what happened in the week of fucking Indian Independence Day.

I will share the extreme details only if you want me to because they are too gruesome.

"A case was registered on 11th of August when the accused allegedly posted the video of the actual on an online platform." - the 11-yo girl was raped in Ballia, UP.

On the 12th of August, a 3.5-yo nursery student was raped by the school bus driver in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

Priyanka Hansda, a 25-yo Adivasi girl, from Bardhaman, WB, was raped (speculated) and murdered between 12th-14th August. She went missing on 12th and her body was found on 14th.

Ankita Barui, a student of Bardhaman University, was returning home after taking part in the 'Claim the Night' March for the late Dr. Moumita. Ankita was raped and brutally murdered on her way home.

In Bihar's Muzaffarpur, a 9th grade student was gang-raped and murdered. The details, too horrendous.

Yesterday, a 7-yo little girl was raped at Nabinchandra Das Road. She used to read in class 1. Her rapist is 'Gourango Bose'. He is now scott-free, even though he was accused and guilty.

Yesterday, two female students from Heritage Law College were molested by an employee of the Geological Survey of India at Allen Park. Police has nabbed the man and he is currently in jail.

Yesterday, a nurse was brutally murdered and raped in Uttarakhand. She was missing from 30th July and after a week, her body was found in an empty plot.

Apart from all these horrific cases in just one week, there are ongoing mob attacks on NRS, Jadavpur, RG Kar and various other student groups.

The men saying 'Not All Men', kindly shut the fuck up. This is not about you. You all will always benefit from the patriarchal society. Unless you know the fear of women, shut the fuck up.

Also this woman. Does she think paying 10L will be a solution. Fuck off CM.

All the other celebs defending this situation, crawl back to the hole u came from.

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Bihar Crime: सीवान से भागकर सोनपुर पहुंची युवती से गैंगरेप, दरिंदगी करने के बाद रात में स्टेशन पर छोड़ दिया

Bihar Crime: सीवान से भागकर सोनपुर पहुंची युवती से गैंगरेप, दरिंदगी करने के बाद रात में स्टेशन पर छोड़ दिया

सीवान से पारिवारिक विवाद में भागी युवती के साथ ��पराधियों ने गैंगरेप की घटना को अंजाम दिया है। घटना रविवार को देर रात की है। पुलिस इस मामले में सोमवार के पीड़िता के फर्दबयान के आधार पर प्राथमिकी दर्ज… Source link

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Together with friends, he used to do dirty work with his wife,

Together with friends, he used to do dirty work with his wife,

Used to do this dirty work with wife along with friends, A case of gang rape has come to light in Sohsarai police station area of Nalanda. On the complaint of the woman, the police have registered a case against three people including her husband. New Delhi- A shameful incident has come to light from Nalanda, Bihar. The woman has accused her husband of getting gang-raped. A devout husband along…

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A woman or girl is raped every 15 minutes in India: Woman fighting for her life after being gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

A woman or girl is raped every 15 minutes in India: Woman fighting for her life after being gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

A woman is reportedly fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India. The victim was left for dead after she was reportedly ambushed by a group of men as she went to an open toilet during a wedding celebration at her home. She was later found hanging from the pole in the village of Chakhabib Rudhiya in the northern state of Bihar…

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Woman fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

Woman fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

A woman is reportedly fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India. The victim was left for dead after she was reportedly ambushed by a group of men as she went to an open toilet during a wedding celebration at her home. She was later found hanging from the pole in the village of Chakhabib Rudhiya in the northern state of Bihar on…

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Woman fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

Woman fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

A woman is reportedly fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India.The victim was left for dead after she was reportedly ambushed by a group of men as she went to an open toilet during a wedding celebration at her home.She was later found hanging from the pole in the village of Chakhabib Rudhiya in the northern state of Bihar on…

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Woman fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India

A woman is reportedly fighting for her life after she was beaten, gang raped and left hanging naked from an electricity pole in India. The victim was left for dead after she was reportedly ambushed by a group of men as she went to an open toilet during a wedding celebration at her home. She was later found hanging from the pole in the village of Chakhabib Rudhiya in the northern state of Bihar…

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#BIHAR : समस्तीपुर में विभूतिपुर थाना क्षेत्र के एक गांव में मंगलवार सुबह वारदात को अंजाम दिया गया। घर से शौच के लिए निकली

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WHY WOMEN FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES MORE PRONE TO GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.

Violence against women is a hidden global crisis which knows no boundaries of geography or culture. But marginalized women, such as poor women and girls are most likely to experience it. Violence against women and girls takes many different forms, including domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, early and forced marriage, sex trafficking and so called Honour Killing .It is rooted in the gender inequality that women face throughout their lives from childhood to old age. “Non-Dalit and Dalit women are not the same, caste makes a difference”.

According to NCRB report on crime 2016 Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of cases against Dalit women (25.6%) followed by Bihar (14) and Rajasthan (12.6%).The data also suggests that over four Dalit women are raped every day. The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, an NGO, revealed that more than 23% of Dalit women report being raped. In fact, many of them have reported multiple instances of rape. It could be understood by most recent Hathras gang rape . A 20 year old woman from SC community was brutally raped , assaulted and her tongue was cut by upper caste men. According to sociologist Sanjay Srivastava, besides being an exercise of power by upper-caste members, sexual violence is also a method used by upper-caste men to show lower-caste men that they were unable to "protect" their women – they use rape as a tool to stage a "contest" among men.

Also the gang-rape and murder of two teenage girls was reported in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh on May 27, 2014.

The two girls from the Dalit community were kidnapped, gang-raped and hanged from a tree .The girls' fault? They had asked their upper- caste employer to increase their salary by a mere sum of Rs 3.

These cases are not just confined to Uttar Pradesh but also to many other areas like in 2018, a Dalit girl walked into the police office in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, carrying a six-month-old fetus wrapped in a plastic bag. She accused three upper-caste men of sexually assaulting her for several months. A similar incident came from Chhattisgarh when a priest allegedly tempt a 22-year-old woman and raped her.

This list of cases is never ending , but it leaves us with the question that, does caste really matters ? Rape is nothing but a tool used by upper-caste people to dominate lower-caste women, to keep them 'under control'. According to Ranjana Kumari , director of the Centre for Social Research, although these incidents take place on a daily basis, there is no substantial caste-based data on sexual violence in India.

Every time a Dalit woman or a woman from any so-called lower-caste is subjected to sexual violence, it becomes clear that the prevailing structure of caste and the status of women in society are largely responsible for the violation of their human rights. As the United Nations Human Rights Council began its 38th session in Geneva in 2018 , Dalit women activists released a report at a side event there on caste-based violence faced by women. The report titled Voices Against Caste Impunity: Narratives of Dalit Women in India.

The Indian government had condemned the report on its release. In this the government was not acknowledging caste discrimination at International Forum.

The Constitution of India is considered to be the lengthiest Constitution in the world, and Right to Equality has been guaranteed under article 14 to article 18. Article 17 of the Constitution states that 'untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden'. It is shameful and unfortunate that even years after independence, the patriarchal structure of society has refused to alter. Violence and sexual harassment are crucial mechanisms to show women of lower castes, their position in society.

Right now, our basic need is the proper functioning of the institutions meant to protect them and their lives. Also to educate them about their rights and duties .

By Namita Bhadana

References

ThelogicalIndian.com/dalit – women -sexual – violen

Why women in south India have more freedom than their northern sisters by Alice Evans

How gender based violence in India continues to rise by Neha Chauhan

Violence against women and girls : enough is enough

Fighting India’s official denial, report on caste-based violence against women presented at Geneva

[bollywoodadda]

Just promising judgment or announcing compensation is not enough now: Shamin Mannan "Ram Pyaare Sirf Humaare" actress Shamin Mannan is disappointed with the government's attitude toward the safety of women in the country. She feels though this a very important issue, the government has not taken it seriously enough. She says "promising judgement or announcing compensation" is not going to help now. The Hathras gang-rape case of a 19-year-old woman shook the whole country. And since then, be it Buxar in Bihar, or Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, a lot more cases of the heinous crime were reported recently. The "Sanskaar - Dharohar Apnon Ki" actress asserted that such cases must be fast-tracked and severe punishment should be immediately pronounced to the criminals. "It’s sad that any government in power has never taken women safety seriously enough. Rape is a hideous and inhuman crime and such cases must be fast-tracked with sentencing severe punishment to the criminals. That would instill fear in the minds of such monsters. The government should start setting an example by punishing such culprits severely and quickly, otherwise, such incidents will keep repeating. Just promising judgement or announcing compensation is not enough now!" she said. She stated that to end rape, we first need to change the mindset of the people, and once that changes this evil will be forever eliminated from society. "Only because someone belongs to an underprivileged family or wears short dresses doesn’t mean she can be raped or killed brutally. Moreover, rape has nothing to do with the outfit of a woman, or age, because every other day a woman is getting raped from as young as three years old to 70 years old. I see people losing faith in the system now, which itself is unfortunate. There must be a strict law for the safety of every girl in our country, which could assure her that even if she walks alone at night, she will be safe and protected. Also, it’s time the root cause of this possibly be given importance to, that is the misogynistic and patriarchal thought process of people in our country. The thought process of people should change. Period!" Shamin signed off. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGdU9RYgO5i/?igshid=vao4n6vf0c63

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Bihar Woman Allegedly Gang Raped, Child Dies After Both Thrown Into Canal

Bihar Woman Allegedly Gang Raped, Child Dies After Both Thrown Into Canal

The incident comes amid growing outrage over crimes against women in the country. (File)

Buxar, Bihar:

A Dalit woman in Bihar’s Buxar district was allegedly gang raped and her child died after they were attacked and thrown in a canal, police said.

The five-year-old child died from drowning, officials have said, adding that one of the seven accused has been arrested in the case. Of the seven…

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Analysis of Gender Neutrality Laws in India

This article has been written by Aayush Akar and Saurav Kumar, students of National Law University Odisha, Cuttack. 

Introduction

Gender inequalities are one of the most prominent manifestations of inequality on the planet.

Gender equality affects each member of the community at large and shapes the very foundation of a just community, and so the problem of social inequality is of immense significance and gigantic repercussions enveloping an all-encompassing and infinite canvas. [1]

Gender disparity in India applies to wellness, employment, social and political differences between males and females in India. [2] Numerous international indices of inequality rate India differently on each of these variables, and also on a weighted scale, and these measures are divisive. Gender disparities and their social roots affect India’s sex ratio, women’s health over their lifespan, educational performance, and economic environment. Gender discrimination in India is a serious problem that affects both males and females. [3]

Gender inequality has affected several dimensions of women’s lives from job growth and advancement in mental health problems. Although legislation in India on rape, dowry and adultery which has kept women’s safety at priority, huge discrimination appears to be disturbing and affecting the lives of men today. Each citizen of India has also been granted certain rights to protect their interest in the community towards any aggression which are brought into force by the judiciary concerning some restrictions. [4]

Unnao rape case shows the reality of equal rights to women enshrined in the Indian constitution. The woman died after suffering severe burn injuries which were caused due to fire set on her way to testify against the accused person. Rape and sexual allegation cases have been in limelight since Nirbhaya case. Six men raped Nirbhaya in New Delhi and killed her brutally which led to huge protest all across the country and prompted the Government to set up J.S. Verma Committee to make suggestions in rape law. [5] The Union Government set up the Nirbhaya Fund for meeting expenditure to enhance the safety of women. But on the contrary, the terrible gang rape and assassination of a woman vet in Telangana and similar incidents in Bihar, Rajasthan and Karnataka demonstrate that females are as vulnerable and afraid currently as they were on the eve of the “Nirbhaya Gang Rape” case. But now justice was finally given to Nirbhaya after 7 years after all the 4 convicts were executed to death. Now India has made strict laws like amendment in POSCO Act, 2012 like the death penalty can be given to convict of rape of minor or child below 12 years of age. Even the government is planning to set up fast track courts to deal with such cases within 6 months. [6]

Similarly “Men’s Rights Movement” in India has begun to protect men from undue harassment and mental torture. They are claiming from gender-neutral legislation as most of the laws in India are favouring women. Men committed suicide in New Delhi 2016 and his parents purported that he did due to unnecessary mental torture and harassment by his spouse. Finally, the case was registered under Section 302 and 34. There is a requirement of amendments in anti-dowry legislation i.e. Section 498-A as most of the laws are causing humiliation to men and in-laws. [7]

“Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)” people in India suffer legal and social difficulties that are not faced by non- persons. The nation has abolished the colonial-era statutes that expressly enforced against homosexual sex and sexual identities, but other substantive provisions have not been given for, including non-discrimination or same-sex marriage. Since 2014 in the famous NALSA case, the Top Court allowed them to register as the third gender of the country. Similarly, Navtej Singh Johar [8] case repealed colonial-era Section 377 and declared it as unconstitutional.

In this article, we are going to discuss the topic neutrally by discussing the topic in light of rights of all gender including transgender rights.

Men’s Right in India

India is a common-law nation with varied customs, a variety of religious communities and a history that goes back to centuries. India’s constitution has been seen as a central element for social growth with the democratic principle of equality. India’s sustained political freedoms are exceptional among the developing countries of the world; yet, given socio-economic developments, there is unprecedented misery, religious and social class-related brutality, separatism, or other social prejudices still widespread in the region.

Women in India are safeguarded by the different statutes in India and they can file complaints against anyone for the infringement of their rights. Despite having equal fundamental rights given to men and female, the rights of men are not enunciated as compared to women. In part 3 of the Indian Constitution, men can avail his fundamental rights throughout India regardless of their religion, race, gender, place of birth. Most of these rights guarantees liberties to men so they can live without coercion and harassment. [9] 

The need for gender neutrality is of high requirement in the rape legislation as from the beginning women are only considered as the victim may be due to patriarchy prevalent in Indian society. Even due to the rise of women empowerment and feminism, the concept of gender neutrality laws was hindered. Most of the provisions of IPC which states about offence against women allude men only as a criminal. It is right that from the Tukaram case to Nirbhaya case that men were the only perpetrator but the Central Government should accept the JS Verma committee suggestion for making some laws gender-neutral but that was also rejected. [10]

Now the scenario is changed, many PIL(s) have been filed in various High Court(s) and Apex Court for making rape laws to be gender-neutral. In 2017, Sanjiv Kumar had questioned the legality of existing rape laws which only consider men to be the perpetrator in Delhi High Court. It was mentioned that now the scenario is changed and is requisite from the society to think “beyond the male-on-female paradigm”. Centre in its application submitted that the laws related to rape should not be altered as some section are requisite to keep a check on the rising crime against women. [11] Similarly, Apex Court dismissed the PIL by Rishi Malhotra where PIL mentioned for making rape laws to be made gender-neutral as there are no laws to protect males from sexual harassment. The case was Rishi Malhotra v. Union of India [12].

The Law Commission recommended making laws to be gender neutral by substituting the word “rape” with “sexual assault”. The Union Government agreed to make legislation to be gender-neutral after the Nirbhaya incident. The Justice Verma in its report suggested using “person” instead of “women” to cover all forms of sexual violence. But Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 restored to the gender-specific definition after criticism from the feminist groups due to prevalent patriarchy present in the society. [13]

Women’s Right in India

Democratic countries like the USA and the UK which established themselves way before India gained its independence from the Britons, for a long time in these countries women of the society were not allowed to vote during the elections. They didn’t have the power and right to vote in the elections. After a long time when women started oppressing and revolting against this law, they finally won the battle that they were fighting for and they finally got the voting rights in the elections, women of the UK gained the right to vote in 1918 and women of the United States of America gained the right to vote in 1920, the battle wasn’t easy for women of the United Kingdom because they fought for it more than two centuries after the first elections took place and more than a century when first elections took place in the United States of America. This gives a basic idea of how much time it takes for enacting Judiciary and legislation to make sure there is gender justice in India. We are still long ahead to achieve what is termed as ‘equality’ in the sphere of gender. [14]

Constitutional Provisions for Women

Our India’s Constitution not only focusses on awarding equivalent rights to women but also focusses on how to empower them in society so that they don’t face any sort of discrimination and segregation financially, economically and politically. Even though some constitutional provisions like Articles 14, 15, 16, 39 and 42 of the Indian Constitution that provides the concept of gender justice like equality before the law or equal protection of the law; no discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, religion, caste, residential area or place of birth, and equal opportunity to every citizen of India in matters related to the employment sector. There are certain other articles also that especially promote the idea of women empowerment in the society. These are detailed as follows:

ARTICLE 51 (A)(e): There should be a sense of brotherhood among the citizens of India and there should be no practice related to hurting the sentiments of women.

ARTICLE 243 (D)(3): One-third of the total number of seats should be reserved for women (including for women who come from disadvantaged sections like SC/ST) in Panchayats and is to be filled by direct election.

ARTICLE 243 (D)(4): One-third of the total number of seats should be reserved for women as a chairperson in the office of Panchayat.

ARTICLE 243 (T)(3): One-third of the total number of seats should be reserved for women (including for women who come from disadvantaged sections like SC/ST) in Municipality and are to be filled by direct election.

ARTICLE 243 (T)(4): One-third of the total number of seats should be reserved for women (including for women who come from disadvantaged sections like SC/ST) in Municipality as Chairperson as the state’s legislature provides. [15]

Legal Provisions for Women

To make sure there are law and order in the society and everyone follows it accordingly so that there is no disturbance in the community and everything runs smoothly there are some special laws and provisions that are made by the Centre and State’s legislature to safeguard the dignity of women. These laws and provisions are made keeping in mind that they don’t face any kind of social segregation and violence against them whether it be verbally or physically. These rules and guidelines are made to help and support the working as well as non-working women of society. The acts that are done in immoral and mala fide nature which may cause grievous hurt or damage to the other person are called crime and these wrongful acts like Murder(Sec. 300 IPC), Cheating(Sec. 415 IPC), Robbery(Sec. 390 IPC) etc. are unlawful acts and these unlawful acts mainly against women are termed as “Crime Against Women”. These are broadly classified into two categories:

Wrongful Acts that are identified as Crime against women under the Indian Penal Code, 1860:

Kidnapping and Abduction (Sec. 363-373)

Rape (Sec. 376)

Molestation (Sec. 354)

Physical and Mental Torture (Sec. 498-A)

Sexual Harassment (Sec. 509)

Attempts and Deaths related to Dowry (Sec. 302/304-B)

Some Special Acts and Provisions that protect the interests of a woman:

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

Women’s Reservation Bill, 2008

The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013

The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018 [16]

Some of the Important Initiatives for Women by Indian Government

NATIONAL POLICY FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, 2001: This policy was made in the year 2001 by the Department of Women and Child Development under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and this policy aims to empower women. [17]

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN: A committee was made by the Centre in the year 1992 to constantly check and see all the matters related to the rights of women and amend new laws as necessary. [18]

RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT: The Parliament passed the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in the year 1992 which made sure that women get one-third of the total number of seats in local offices whether in city or village.” [19]

Apart from the initiatives taken by the government; The Indian Judiciary has actively taken part in the issues related to women. These trademark cases changed the future course of action for women. For Example, in the case of C.B. Muthamma v. Union of India [20] the constitutionality of the “Indian Foreign Service Rules of 1961” was questioned. The main issue of this case was that a woman employee has to get written permission from the government before her marriage and she has to give in writing that she may quit her job after her marriage. The Supreme Court struck down this law stating that this is unconstitutional and derogatory against women.

In another landmark judgment was given by the Supreme Court in the case of Air India v. Nargesh Mirza [21] which held that firing of an air hostess from their service based on their first pregnancy is unconstitutional and arbitrary. In the case of Pratibha Ranu v. Suraj Kumar [22], the main issue was who enjoys the Stridhan property in marriage. So, in this case, the Supreme Court gave a remarkable judgment stating that a married woman has complete ownership of the Stridhan property and she has full control over it.

In the case of Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan [23] the main issue was that women facing sexual harassment at their workplace. The Apex Court in this matter held that any type of activity that is immoral and derogates the dignity of women at their workplace is an infringement of Article 14, Article 15 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. To prevent sexual harassment faced by women at their workplace Supreme Court laid down certain guidelines and these guidelines are called Vishaka Guidelines.

Transgender’s Rights in India

The Fundamental Rights given to men and women of the society are also available to the third gender as well. They have the same Fundamental Rights as to ours and them equally the beauty of our constitution like Articles 14, 15 and 23 etc. The Court has legally recognized the third gender as Transgender in both civil as well in criminal status. Now, they have the same fundamental rights and constitutional provisions as men and women of the society and now they can enjoy these in the same manner. After the decriminalization of sec. 377 of IPC in the landmark judgement given by the Top Court in 2018 in the case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India [24] now they can consensual sex including homosexual sex. Certain bills that gave rights to Transgender persons are detailed as follows:

THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PERSON’S BILL, 2014: The third gender was legally recognized by the government on the order of the Supreme Court and asked them to reserve their seats for education and employment. [25]

THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PERSON’S BILL, 2015: A Private member’s bill was passed by Upper House regarding the right of a transgender person which defines transgender as a psychosomatic individual and stating about reservations. [26]

THE TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) BILL, 2016: The government opposed Rajya Sabha’s bill and introduced new Transgender Person’s Bill (Protection of Rights) which defined transgender as Biotic Appearance and stating no reservations for them. The main crux of this bill was drawn from the landmark judgement given by the Top Court in the case of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v. Union of India. [27] Their legal identity was given to them in this case. [28]

TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) BILL, 2017: The bill was introduced to tackle social issues faced by the transgender and how to empower them in society. [29]

We have mentioned in our article that though the constitution of India has granted equal rights to the citizens to the country. But there are some legislations like rape laws which are granting more protection to the women due to the presence of patriarchy in the society. But now the time has changed and there is a requirement from the part of lawmakers to alter these laws to make it gender-neutral.

Conclusion

Most of the laws in India are indeed meant both the male and female and now it’s time for the lawmakers to include transgender in those laws. But, astonishingly, the rape laws are female-centric. Gender specificity cannot be said to serve any objective in sexual harassment law any more. There is no reason to suspect the pervasiveness of sexual assault outside the established framework. Only the establishment and implementation of gender-neutral legislation would be successful in increasing the coverage of these crimes. The legal definition of rape must be reassessed, sexual assault must be categorized in compliance with the varying degrees of harm caused by each, and each must always be described comprehensively.

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[20] C.B. Muthamma v. Union of India AIR 1868 (1979).

[21] Air India v. Nargesh Mirza AIR 1829 (1981).

[22] Pratibha Ranu v. Suraj Kumar AIR 628 (1985).

[23] Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan SC 3011 (1997).

[24] Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice W. P. (Crl.) No. 76 of 2016.

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Tihar preps to hang 4 Delhi gang-rape convicts at 5.30 am tomorrow - india news

With less 16 hours left before the four convicts of the December 16 gangrape case are to be hanged, Delhi’s Tihar jail authorities have begun the final preparations. At exactly 5.30 am on Friday the four men -- Mukesh Singh, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma -- will be hanged simultaneously inside jail number 3.Jail officers said that on Wednesday they carried out dummy executions inside phansi kotha( hanging courtyard). A team of jail officers along with the hangman, Pawan Jallad inspected the hanging courtyard inside jail 3 again on Thursday morning.The 10 ropes to be used for hanging that were brought from Buxar, Bihar that have been tied to the beam at the gallows will be checked one last time on Thursday evening. Pawan Jallad, a Meerut resident, is from the Uttar Pradesh prisons department and has been brought by the Tihar jail authorities for the execution.Pawan is being paid Rs 15,000 per hanging. This will be the first time when four men will be hanged simultaneously inside Tihar.Along with Pawan, only a few officers such as the jail superintendent and the prison’s doctor will be present on Friday morning. “In the evening we will prepare the hanging courtyard one last time before the execution. The jail superintendents will talk to the convicts in the evening and ask them if they wish to write a letter or have a final wish. They have been counselled by the prison trained counsellors,” said a prison officer, who did not wish to be named.The officer added that the execution process will be complete before 6.30 am. The four men are currently lodged in Jail number 3 next to the hanging courtyard. Each convict is lodged separately and guarded by at least 2-3 jail wardens who monitor their movements round-the-clock. A second prison officer said, who also did not wish to be named, said that until Wednesday the convicts did not show any signs of nervousness but on Thursday most of them kept to themselves. “Until a few days ago it did not look like they were on a death row. The hanging has already been postponed twice. They have not even made any specific demands as their last wish. They did not exhibit any signs of depression or fear but since Wednesday night, their behaviour has changed. We have been told that they are not speaking much with the prison guards, “ the second officer said. While the preparations are on, the jail authorities are also keeping an eye on the developments at a Delhi court which will hear their application to seek a stay on the execution on the ground that two convicts have filed a second mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind.The President has rejected the first set of mercy petitions filed by the four convicts. The four men had assaulted and gang raped a 23-year-old paramedic student inside a moving bus in South Delhi on December 16, 2012. The young woman died at a hospital in Singapore two weeks later. The last hanging inside Tihar was of Afzal Guru on February 9, 2013. Guru was convicted for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack case. Read the full article

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Bihar: Two migrant living in the Quarantine Center arrested by the police for gang rape

Bihar: Two migrant living in the Quarantine Center arrested by the police for gang rape

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Two migrant people living at the Quarantine Center in Bihar’s Sasaram district have been arrested in a rape case. The case is related to Jogni village of Rohtas district Davath police station, where two youths from outside came out of the Quarantine Center with two more youths from their village on Wednesday night and committed the gang rape of a village girl.

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A 23-year-old rape victim is in critical condition after being set on fire by a group of men, including two of her alleged rapists, as she made her way to court in northern India on Thursday. It came after thousands took to the streets of several cities on Monday to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 27-year-old vet in Hyderabad and called for the rape cases to be fast-tracked and for rapists to be given tougher punishments. A June 2018 survey of 550 experts on women’s issues by the Thomson Reuters Foundation found India was the worst country in the world for sexual violence against women. 32,000 rapes were recorded by the National Crime Records Bureau in 2017 although 99 per cent of attacks are thought to go unreported. India also ranked top for human trafficking for domestic work, forced labour, forced marriage and sexual slavery. The 23-year-old victim was on her way to catch a train to a court hearing in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh when the mob doused her in kerosene and set her alight. Activists burn effigies of rapists in Amritsar Credit: NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images Doctors treating the victim at the Civil Hospital in the regional capital of Lucknow said she had suffered 90 per cent burns and would be flown in an air ambulance for further treatment in Delhi. Police documents show the woman had filed a case with police in Unnao, alleging she was raped at gun-point in December, 2018. Her alleged rapist was released suddenly last week after securing bail, a police spokesperson said. It is not the first time that even the Unnao district has made headlines over a rape case. Women have taken to the streets to protest India's appalling record on women's rights Credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images Police opened a murder investigation in July against a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he allegedly orchestrated a fatal car crash against a minor who had accused him of rape. During Monday’s outpouring of anger, one member of parliament suggested that India’s rape problem could only be solved by publicly lynching attackers. On Thursday, police in the state of Madhya Pradesh confirmed they had arrested a man on suspicion of raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl on December 1. Local media also reported a teenager was allegedly gang-raped and killed in the state of Bihar on Tuesday.

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