NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual assault. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma rejected the plea and observed that Revanna is a very influential person. Appearing for Revanna, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said that a charge sheet has been filed in the case and section 376 of the IPC was not there in the initial complaint. The bench said it could not interfere with the

MADURAI: City police commenced inquiries with a temple priest on Thursday after a 17-year-old accused him of sexually assaulting her. The police are yet to file an FIR in the case. The incident came to light when the victim developed stomach pain while visiting a relatives house in Sivaganga. She was rushed to a government hospital, where it was revealed that she was eight months pregnant. Sources said the GH alerted the police. The victim then told her parents that the priest of a temple near h

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has formed a Commission of Inquiry for a probe into the killing of Badlapur school sexual assault case Akshay Shinde in an alleged shoot-out by police. A home department gazette published on Tuesday said the single-member Commission of Inquiry will be headed by the Chief Justice (retired), Allahabad High Court, Dilip Bhosale. The panel will submit its report in three months, as per the gazette. Two girls, aged four and five years, were allegedly sexually abused

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday gave an earful to the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Badlapur school sexual assault case, for its inability to apprehend the two accused school trustees. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan questioned as to how the police, that usually go to any extent to nab an accused, are unable to arrest them in this case. The court in August took suo motu (on its own) cognisance of the case. Two girls - aged four and f

THANE: The family members of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first, following which cops fired in self-defence, which led to his death. Shinde's kin also claimed that police pressured him for a confession in the sexual assault case. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday night said a high-level probe has been ordered into the incidents leading to Shinde's death. Shinde's body was taken from th

MUMBAI: The 23-year-old man arrested for sexually abusing two girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtra's Thane district was shot dead by policemen in retaliatory firing after he allegedly snatched a policemans pistol and shot a police officer in a bid to escape police custody, TheIndianExpress reported. An official said Akshay Shinde, who worked as a cleaner at the school, was being taken to Badlapur from Taloja jail for investigation. When the police vehicle reached Mumbra bypass, Shi

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday condemned th e alleged sexual assault on the fiance of an army officer at a police station in Odisha , where the woman had gone for help. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, stated that the horrific incident has raised serious questions about the law and order situation in the country. Gandhi posted on social media, An army officer went to the police for help, only to be brutally beaten, while his fiance was tortured in custody. This h

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday condemned th e alleged sexual assault on the fiance of an army officer at a police station in Odisha , where the woman had gone for help. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, stated that the horrific incident has raised serious questions about the law and order situation in the country. Gandhi posted on social media, An army officer went to the police for help, only to be brutally beaten, while his fiance was tortured in custody. This h

BHUBANESWAR: Former Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of an army officer's fianc in police custody. Patnaik, the leader of opposition in the assembly, condemned the incident and termed it as very shocking. All have heard of what recently happened to an Army Major and his fianc at a police station here. This is very very shocking news of violence that was meted out to both of

SRINAGAR: The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has granted conditional anticipatory bail to an Indian Air Force wing commander against whom the police registered an FIR after a woman flying officer accused him of sexual assault. However, the court has directed the police to continue the investigation. The Budgam police has registered FIR dated September 8 for commission of offence under Section 376(2) IPC, which pertains to aggravated rape committed by persons in positions of authority, against the wi

LUCKNOW: A Group D railway staff member was beaten to death by fellow passengers on the moving Humsafar Express train after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl. The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday between Lucknow and Kanpur. The deceased has been identified as Prashant Kumar, 34, of Sarmastpur village of Saraiya police station area of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar. According to GRP Kanpur Central, Prashant had got a job on compensatory grounds and was posted a

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is cooperating with the local police in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam in probing a complaint of alleged sexual assault that was lodged by a woman flying officer against a Wing Commander, an IAF official said. A first information report or FIR has reportedly been filed in the case by the local police after the women officer of the IAF filed the complaint against the senior officer. Both the women officer and the Wing Commander are presently based in Srinagar. We are a

CHHATRAPATHI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Maharashtra Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve was detained on Sunday after he protested outside the airport in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against the Badlapur incident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend a programme in neighbouring Jalgaon on Sunday. PM Modi was supposed to reach the airport and move further to Jalgaon. Speaking to media outside the Chikalthana Airport here, Danve said, Police are using force here. Are we terrorist

After the Bombay High Court order asking the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) not to hold a statewide bandh in Maharashtra over the sexual assault of two kindergarten girls in a school at Badlapur in Thane, the Opposition has decided to protest by wearing black armbands and putting black tape on their mouths. This came after a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed seeking a declaration that the bandh is illegal and unconstitutional. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Ju

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday called the sexual assault on two minor girls at their school in Badlapur absolutely shocking and said that there cannot be any compromise on the safety and security of girls. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan said that action ought to be taken against the school authorities for not reporting the incident despite being aware of it. It also blasted the police over the delay in registering the FIR. The court had taken suo

MUMBAI: The parents of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case on Thursday claimed that their son was innocent and he had been framed. Speaking to a Marathi news channel, the parents said there is no truth in the allegations against their son. The accused, who worked as an attendant, has been arrested for allegedly sexually molesting two 4-year-old girl students inside the toilet of a school in Badlapur town in Maharashtra's Thane district. A local court on Wednesday sent him to police c