Kathua Rape And Murder Case

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Kathua case: Punjab & Haryana HC to hear plea by victim's family seeking death penalty for accused tomorrow

Hearing in plea seeking death penalty in Kathua rape and murder of eight-year-old in Kathua case at Punjab and Haryana High Court has been adjourned. 'Life imprisonment is not enough', said lawyer of the victim's family advocate Utsav Bains. District and Sessions judge had pronounced three main accused convicted them under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code.

Kathua rape and murder case: Victim's father moves HC against acquittal of one accused, seeks stricter sentence for six convicts

The father of the Kathua rape and murder victim moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday seeking enhancement of sentence imposed on six convicts and also challenging the acquittal of one accused

Kathua rape and murder case verdict: Pathankot court's judgment focused on 'poetic justice', refused to give 'benefit of doubt' to accused

The special court, which convicted six people in the murder case of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu region, has termed the crime "devilish and monstrous" committed in the most "shameful, inhumane and barbaric manner" for which "poetic justice" needs to be done to its perpetrators.

Kathua rape and murder case: Most now see disease, but symptoms of communal strife were always there in Jammu and Kashmir

Many Gujjar and Bakarwal activists allege that some Right-wing elements in Jammu, particularly in Hindu-majority areas of these parts, have been systematically trying to force the Muslim population out of their residential areas.

Here's a timeline of the Kathua rape and murder case

Seventeen months after the kidnapping, gang rape, and murder of a minor girl in Jammu's Kathua district, the Pathankot district and sessions court held six men guilty for the horrific crime.

Capital punishment not a deterrent of crime, says Javed Akhtar on Kathua verdict

Javed Akhtar has said while he understands the disappointment with the Kathua case verdict, he believes capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime

Kathua rape and murder: Chief investigator RK Jalla, credited for building ‘strong’ case against accused, regrets lone acquittal

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack till an unusual sweat on Sanji Ram's face on a chilly January morning hinted he was hiding something, recalls RK Jalla — the chief investigator in the rape and murder case of an 8-year old girl in Kathua.

Kathua rape and murder case: Mehbooba Mufti, activists laud J&K Police for 'professional' handling of crime

The Kathua rape and murder case had exposed the communal fault lines in the state, as many groups in Jammu and Kathua had come out in support of the accused persons.

Udhampur polls: Rasana's Dogras unhappy with BJP for failing Hindus by not ordering CBI inquiry in Kathua rape case

Not just consolidation of Muslim votes, BJP's Udhampur candidate Jitendra Singh faces disgruntled Dogra voters who are unhappy with the party for not supporting the community's demand for CBI enquiry in the Kathua rape and murder case