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Protests called "Women, Reclaim the Night" were held in Kolkata and other cities around India on 14 August. [76] [77] [78] The goal of the protest has been described as "For Women's independence on the midnight of independence", noting that the protests continued through India's Independence Day on 15 August. [79] [80]
In August 2024, a male sweeper was alleged to have sexually abused two four-year-old girls at a prominent co-educational school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, India. The case has led to widespread protests and significant public outrage, particularly in the Thane district.
Goa Children's Act, 2003, [12] was the only specific piece of child abuse legislation before the 2012 Act. Child sexual abuse was prosecuted under the following sections of the Indian Penal Code: I.P.C. (1860) 375- Rape; I.P.C. (1860) 354- Outraging the modesty of a woman; I.P.C. (1860) 377- Unnatural offences
India has 400 million children below the age of 18, and thousands of children go missing every year. The situation is similar in Bangladesh, which shares a long, porous border with India.
The Ruchika Girhotra case involves the molestation of 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 by the Inspector General of Police Shambu (S.P.S. Rathore) in Haryana, India.. After she made a complaint, the victim, her family, and her friends were systematically harassed by the police leading to her eventual su
In March 2023, the main accused Pulkit Arya — son of a former BJP Minister in the State government led by Trivendra Singh Rawat — was booked for murder, molestation and immoral trafficking along with molestation, while Bhaskar and Gupta were charged for murder and hiding the evidences. [19]
In this high-profile case, KPS Gill, at the time Director General of Police, Punjab, was held guilty of the charges of molestation. On 20 August 1988, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana upheld Gill's conviction under Section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) and Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult a lady) for his action ...
In a medical examination, sexual abuse of 34 out of 42 of the girls living at the shelter was confirmed. A first information report (FIR) was lodged against 12 people on 31 May 2018. [ 1 ] Brajesh Thakur was the chief of the state-funded NGO, ran several other NGOs and a Hindi newspaper called Pratah Kamal . [ 2 ]