Kathua Rape Trial

The trial of the main accused in the 2018 rape-and-murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua will resume at the District Sessions Court in Punjab's Pathankot today. In November last year, the Supreme Court had ordered that Shubam Sangra be tried as an adult.

Seeking justice for over four years, the family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape-murder victim is eagerly waiting for the start of the trial against Shubam Sangra, who will be treated as an adult following a Supreme Court order.

Shubam Sangra, the main accused, had tried to evade an adult trial by claiming to be 15. A medical test had found him to be no younger than 19.

The trial against a juvenile accused in the horrific rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl at Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said

A juvenile justice board has framed charges against a minor in the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua and has fixed Monday for examining prosecution witnesses and commencing trial.

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

The judgment in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be delivered on June 10, nearly a year after the trial began in a court in Pathankot, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said today.

Deep in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, a single-storey house in Rasana village reflects the trauma and isolation of a nomad family. A year after the brutal rape and murder of their eight-year-old daughter - a case that made global headlines and triggered universal condemnation - the Bakerwal family is facing social ostracism.

There is a need to strike a balance between the freedom of the press and the right of a victim to have fair trial in cases of crime against women, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.

The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch on Tuesday told the district and sessions judge at Pathankot in Punjab, where trial is being held in a case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, that the names of witnesses should not be disclosed in advance as it was a security concern.

The medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape and murder case who had claimed to be a juvenile was submitted before the district and sessions court in Pathankot today by the Jammu and Kashmir police's crime branch in which his age was stated to be more than 20 years, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said.

A thick security blanket was thrown today in around the four-storey judicial court complex in Pathankot and all necessary arrangements were done to ensure a smooth trial in the sensational Kathua rape and murder case.

The trial in the gangrape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, which triggered global condemnation, will be held in Punjab's Pathankot, the Supreme Court said today. The call for transfer came from the child's family as the issue triggered a backlash in Jammu and Kashmir and rallies were held in favour of the accused. "Fear and fair trial can't ...

Kathua Case: Hang the accused or shoot us, the mother of the Kathua eight-year-old, whose rape and murder outraged the country and sparked global condemnation, told NDTV. "If there is no justice, shoot all four of us," she said, two days ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on whether the trial should be moved out of Kathua.

There should be fair trial in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old child in Kathua and the case will be transferred out if there is any possibility that it might not happen, the Supreme Court said today. The horrific rape and murder of the child, which had evoked nationwide fury, reached the Supreme Court after the family's advocate said she had f...

The trial of the main accused in the 2018 rape-and-murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua will resume at the District Sessions Court in Punjab's Pathankot today. In November last year, the Supreme Court had ordered that Shubam Sangra be tried as an adult.

Seeking justice for over four years, the family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape-murder victim is eagerly waiting for the start of the trial against Shubam Sangra, who will be treated as an adult following a Supreme Court order.

Shubam Sangra, the main accused, had tried to evade an adult trial by claiming to be 15. A medical test had found him to be no younger than 19.

The trial against a juvenile accused in the horrific rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl at Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said

A juvenile justice board has framed charges against a minor in the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua and has fixed Monday for examining prosecution witnesses and commencing trial.

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

The judgment in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be delivered on June 10, nearly a year after the trial began in a court in Pathankot, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said today.

Deep in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, a single-storey house in Rasana village reflects the trauma and isolation of a nomad family. A year after the brutal rape and murder of their eight-year-old daughter - a case that made global headlines and triggered universal condemnation - the Bakerwal family is facing social ostracism.

There is a need to strike a balance between the freedom of the press and the right of a victim to have fair trial in cases of crime against women, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.

The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch on Tuesday told the district and sessions judge at Pathankot in Punjab, where trial is being held in a case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, that the names of witnesses should not be disclosed in advance as it was a security concern.

The medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape and murder case who had claimed to be a juvenile was submitted before the district and sessions court in Pathankot today by the Jammu and Kashmir police's crime branch in which his age was stated to be more than 20 years, special public prosecutor JK Chopra said.

A thick security blanket was thrown today in around the four-storey judicial court complex in Pathankot and all necessary arrangements were done to ensure a smooth trial in the sensational Kathua rape and murder case.

The trial in the gangrape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, which triggered global condemnation, will be held in Punjab's Pathankot, the Supreme Court said today. The call for transfer came from the child's family as the issue triggered a backlash in Jammu and Kashmir and rallies were held in favour of the accused. "Fear and fair trial can't ...

Kathua Case: Hang the accused or shoot us, the mother of the Kathua eight-year-old, whose rape and murder outraged the country and sparked global condemnation, told NDTV. "If there is no justice, shoot all four of us," she said, two days ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on whether the trial should be moved out of Kathua.

There should be fair trial in the rape and murder of the 8-year-old child in Kathua and the case will be transferred out if there is any possibility that it might not happen, the Supreme Court said today. The horrific rape and murder of the child, which had evoked nationwide fury, reached the Supreme Court after the family's advocate said she had f...