Shakti Mills Rape Case

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  Life Term "To Repent": Mumbai Gang-Rape Convicts' Death Penalty Commuted

  Bombay High Court today commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to 3 convicts in the 2013 gang-rape case of a 22-year-old photojournalist inside the defunct Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai.

• Mumbai gang rape prosecutor criticises Mulayam Singh Yadav for rape remark

  Public prosecutor in the Shakti Mills gang rape case today criticised Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his rape remark saying that such statements would provoke criminals to commit serious crimes.

• Mulayam's shocker on rape: Boys make mistakes, why hang them?

  Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav has sparked outrage with his comments questioning the death sentence handed out to three men who were convicted of two gang-rapes in Mumbai last week. "Should rape cases be punished with hanging? They are boys, they make mistakes," he said today while campaigning for the national election.

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  Blog: Blog: Covering the Shakti Mills Gang-Rape Case

  From the day the survivor almost fainted in court till the sentencing on Friday, this trial has been unique.

• Shakti Mills gang-rape case: attorney general to file reply on constitutional validity of section 376(E)

  The Bombay high court has asked the Attorney General of India to file a reply on the constitutional validity of Section 376(E) while hearing a plea by the defence lawyers in the Shakti Mills photojournalist gang-rape case.

• Mumbai: High Court raises questions on validity of Shakti Mills gang-rape trial

  The Bombay High Court today raised questions about legal validity of the trial court's decision to frame an additional charge against the accused in the Shakti Mills gang-rape case involving a woman photojournalist after the accused were convicted.

• Mumbai: Shakti Mills gang rape case adjourned till Wednesday

  A Mumbai court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the photojournalist gang rape case till Wednesday after the defence lawyer decided to move Bombay High Court, challenging the enhanced charges against three common convicts for repeat offences.

• Mumbai: Verdict in Shakti mills gang-rape cases on March 20

  A sessions court will on March 20 pronounce its verdict in two gang rape cases involving a photojournalist and telephone operator in separate incidents in the defunct Shakti Mills premises in Central Mumbai last year.

• Mumbai: eight gang-rapes reported in as many months, two at Shakti Mills

  Mumbai city has witnessed 237 rapes, including eight gang-rapes till August this year, with police saying that in most cases, the victims knew the accused, majority of whom were either "friends and lovers" or neighbours.

• Two more witnesses depose in second Mumbai gang-rape case

  Two more prosecution witnesses today deposed before the Sessions court in Mumbai in the case related to the gang-rape of an 18-year-old telephone operator at the Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai on July 31.

• Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape: Court sets 60-day deadline to conclude trial

  The sessions court trying the Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape case has set a deadline of two months for concluding the trial. "We will try to conclude the case in 60 days," the court said while adjourning the matter till September 26.

• Fifth accused held in second Shakti mills gang-rape case

  The fifth and last accused in the July 31 telephone operator gang-rape case was today arrested from the city, police said.

• In other Shakti Mills gang-rape case, similar grisly tactics

  As investigations into the gang rape of the 22-year-old photojournalist continues, another woman has come forward alleging that the same men raped her at Shakti Mills after tying up her boyfriend with a dupatta and threatening them of dire consequences.

• Mumbai gang-rape case: Accused raped rag picker, prostitute too

  The Mumbai Crime Branch, which is investigating Thursday's gang rape at Mahalaxmi's Shakti Mills compound, said yesterday that the five accused had in the past six months raped two other women and molested another on the same abandoned premises.

• Mumbai gang-rape case: 'Most depraved' of suspects found

  Nearly 60 hours after a young photojournalist and her male colleague were assaulted and she was raped in the heart of Mumbai, the police have found the man they describe as the "most depraved" among the gang of five that allegedly assaulted her. He allegedly was the most violent of the attackers and raped her twice.