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QCrime: Kerala HC Denies Visuals to Dileep; Man Poisons Daughter

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1. Kerala Actor Assault Case: Dileep Will Not Get Visuals, Rules Kerala High Court

In a major setback to Malayalam actor Dileep, who is the eighth accused in the case where a woman actor was abducted and allegedly sexually assaulted in 2017, the Kerala High Court dismissed his petition seeking visuals of the crime.

The HC dismissed his plea on Tuesday, 14 August saying that the visuals of the assault cannot be handed over to Dileep. This, after the prosecution strongly argued against handing over the visuals to the accused actor, citing the survivor's right to privacy.

Dileep approached the HC earlier this year, after the Angamaly Magistrate court dismissed his petition seeking visuals of the assault. The court did not entertain his plea for custody of assault visuals, but directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to hand over CCTV footage of the woman actor's car being driven from Thrissur to Kochi, when the crime happened.

(Source: The News Minute)

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2. Man Gets Death Sentence for Sodomising, Killing Minor Boy

A court in Madhya Pradesh awarded the death sentence to a 20-year-old man for sodomising and killing a 13-year-old boy.

Datia's Special Judge Hitendra Dwivedi awarded the punishment to Nand Kishore on 13 August, while the case of a 15-year-old co-accused was transferred to a juvenile court, public prosecutor Pushpendra Kumar Garg said.

The prosecutor told the court that Kishore along with the minor co-accused lured the victim, a resident of Bijasen Muhalla area in Datia, on 2 March this year on the pretext of buying him colours for the Holi festival.

They took the victim to a deserted place and then sodomised him. Later, the accused killed the victim and disposed of the body in a canal near Deluva area on the city outskirts, the prosecution said.

After killing the boy, the accused called his family members and sought a ransom of Rs 1 lakh.

(Source: PTI)

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3. After 6-Day Trial, Man Sentenced to Death for Rape of Minor Girl

A Madhya Pradesh district court sentenced a man to death on 14 August, for raping a minor girl.

Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Saxena awarded the capital punishment to Naresh Parihar (40), said assistant prosecutor P L Rawat.

The crime took place on 18 July, the trial started on 7 August, and within six working days it ended with the court announcing the death penalty to the accused.

According to the prosecution, Parihar had, on 18 July, sent a minor boy to the girl's house, which was nearby, with a message that his wife was asking for her.

When the girl went to his house, Parihar took her to a room and penetrated her private parts with fingers, which amounts to rape under IPC section 376(AB), Rawat said.

Before he could force himself on the girl, her mother barged into the room. Police arrested him and filed a charge sheet on 21 July.

(Source: PTI)

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4. Girl Gangraped in Jharkhand, Four Arrested

A teenage girl was allegedly gangraped in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on 14 August.

Two sisters along with two friends were walking towards Chaibasa-Hatgamariah main road when four miscreants intercepted them near Talaburu railway crossing on 13 August evening, the officer said

The miscreants assaulted the two friends of the girls and dragged one of them towards the jungle and allegedly gangraped her.

A police team spotted the girl in Talaburu jungle, Superintendent of Police, G Kranthi Kumar said.

The police with the help of the Talaburu Munda (village chief) and villagers, arrested all the four accused including a minor on 13 August night, SP said.

(Source: PTI)

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5. Serial Offender Gets Rigorous Imprisonment for Life for Raping Minor

A special court in Maharashtra sentenced a 35-year-old man, a serial offender, to rigorous imprisonment for life for raping a minor girl in 2014, on 14 August.

Ayyas Ansari was awarded the sentence by Additional Sessions Judge M A Baraliya of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court.

The prosecution had sought death penalty for Ansari, saying he was a serial offender who was convicted thrice in cases of rape/sexual assault earlier, and had a total of 11 cases registered against him.

Ansari, according to police, accosted the girl in Sion area here when she was returning from school, and said he was her father's friend and her father had asked him for a phone number, and she would need to come to his office as the phone book was in the office.

He then took her to a secluded spot and raped her.

(Source: PTI)

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6. Honour Killing: Man Poisons Daughter in UP

In a suspected case of honour killing, a teenage girl was allegedly poisoned by her father who waited for her to die as she sat on a bench near a crematorium, police said on 14 August.

Tanu, believed to be about 16, died during treatment at the Bhopa Primary Health Centre on 13 August, Station House Officer of the Bhopa Police Station, V P Singh said.

A group of Army aspirants, who practice running at an empty ground of the crematorium every evening, found her trembling in a semi-conscious state , he said. The girl, who had studied till Class 7, signalled them for help, V P Singh said, adding when they drew close to her, she blurted out her name and that "her father had poisoned her".

The youths immediately informed the police control room after which a police team reached the spot and rushed her to the hospital, where she died, he said.

(Source: PTI)

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7. Bengaluru Hotel Manager Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Woman Guest

A duty manager of a hotel in Bengaluru was arrested on Monday, 13 August after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman guest inside his room at the hotel.

According to police, Manish Kumar Singh (26), a native of Bihar, had taken up a job as a duty manager at a private hotel in Bengaluru five days ago.

The woman was in the city for official reasons and had booked a room at the hotel the accused worked at.

According to the police, the woman happened to meet Manish at around 8.30 pm on Sunday. The two had a brief conversation then and exchanged contact numbers.

At 10:30 pm, Manish, who lives in a room in the same hotel, called the woman on the phone and asked her to come into his room. When the woman did so, he then allegedly forced himself on her and sexually assaulted her.

(Source: The News Minute)

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8. Official Held for Alleged Sexual Harassment of Women Inmates at Another Bihar Short-Stay Home

Close on the heels of the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape scandal, another case of alleged sexual harassment of women at a short stay home in Bihar came to light with the police saying, on 14 August, it has arrested the main accused, a Vaishali district administration official.

District project manager Manmohan Kumar Singh, who was entrusted with the supervision of the short stay home, was arrested late Monday,police said.

The police is searching for four co-accused in the case, which include two women – Priyanka and Karuna Kumar, in-charge and assistant, respectively, of a women's help line – who have been accused of abetting the crime, the inspector said.

The district magistrate said a complaint was received from inmates of the short stay home on 19 July in which they had accused Singh of harassment and the others of abetment.

(Source: PTI)

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9. Junior Civil Judge Arrested for Raping Woman Advocate

A junior civil judge practicing in Thungathurthi Court in Suryapet district of Telangana has been accused of raping a 29-year-old advocate. He was arrested on 14 August.

The victim has alleged that Satyanarayana Rao, 28, sexually exploited her after promising her a marriage. He reportedly got engaged to another woman last month.

The woman advocate belongs to a tribal community. She has alleged that the accused sexually exploited her over the past few years with a promise of marriage.

Based on the complaint, a case of rape under relevant IPC sections and under provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against him on 3 August.

After receiving the complaint, Chikkadapally police of Hyderabad arrested the accused judge and produced him at the Nampally court of the city. He was sent to jail by the court.

(Source: India Today)

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