Child rape

The girl was returning from school when she was picked and assaulted, says lawyer

Child rights activist says sections of child protection act should be incorporated in FIR

Her body was found in a ditch by a neighborhood search team

Police claim this is case of attempted rape and act was not committed

The student’s father filed a complaint against the culprit

The police have arrested the accused and registered a case against him

11-year-old fell victim to crime some days back, case reported recently

Rights activist says entities to protect children remain ineffective

10% increase in rape cases was witnessed in 2015

The woman, who is also convicted on numerous counts of dealing in child pornography, was awarded 26 years jail term

The girl was found after a frantic search in a vacant plot and was moved to the Lady Reading Hospital

Hajipur’s Inspector Incharge Habibullah Khan said the suspect would be apprehended soon

The spokesman said an FIR had been registered against the suspect under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the (PPC)

Criminal justice system is far from being child-friendly & there is paucity of empirical data relative to child abuse

Both girls were raped, then strangled in separate incidents

The five-year-old girl child had been raped on September 13, 2013