'Rape is rape, be it by man or husband': Karnataka HC on marital rape

Mar 24, 2022

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 24 : Marriage is no license to "provide special male privilege or a license for unleashing a brutal beast", said...

Grabbing breasts, snapping pyjama string not rape: Allahabad High Court

Mar 20, 2025

Grabbing the breasts of the victim and snapping her pyjama strings do not constitute rape or attempt to rape but serious sexual assault, Allahabad...

UP: Two infants injured after four set gang rape survivor's house on fire in Unnao

Apr 18, 2023

"The alleged two gang rape accused with two others broke into the house, burnt it and beat the family members," the rape survivor's mother...

Filmmaker Paul Haggis loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay USD 7.5 million compensation

Nov 11, 2022

Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial on Friday after a New York jury found the filmmaker liable on all three counts of rape...

"Nothing less than capital punishment...": CM Mamata welcomes death penalty for rape convict

Dec 13, 2024

A local court in Bengal's Murshidabad handed a death sentence to a rape convict and a life sentence to the other in the rape-murder...

Actor Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault charges

May 30, 2025

Russell Brand formally denied all five charges against him, including one allegation of rape, one allegation of indecent assault, one of oral rape and...