Delhi rape: Cops register case against English daily

Delhi rape: Cops register case against English daily

FP Archives January 1, 2013, 13:45:22 IST

The case was registered at Vasant Vihar police station under section 228-A of the Indian Penal Code.

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Delhi rape: Cops register case against English daily

New Delhi: Delhi Police today registered a case against an English daily, for publishing material which could lead to the identification of the 23-year-old gangrape victim who died two days ago.

The case was registered at Vasant Vihar police station under section 228-A (punishment for printing or publishing the name or any matter which may make known the identity of any person against whom rape is committed) of the Indian Penal Code.

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Sources said the case has been registered against the Editor, Publisher, Printer, two correspondents and concerned photographers.

The offence carries a punishment of up to two years imprisonment besides a fine.

The girl was gangraped and brutally assaulted allegedly by six persons in a moving bus in south Delhi on 16 December. She died in a Singapore hospital.

PTI

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