Less conviction of rape accused raises concerns

Less conviction of rape accused raises concerns

MYSORE: Here is why there is low conviction rate in rape cases and why trial is delayed: in majority of the cases, the victims are influenced by police and family members.

Police officers mediate and make the victim either strike a compromise with the accused, or try to marry them off to the latter. "This weakens the case, because of many rape accused escape from punishment. In many cases, the trial is delayed," said a lawyer, who deals with such cases.

There has been less than 5% conviction in rape cases. Of the 2,798 cases reported between 2008 and 2012 in the state, only 123 accused have been convicted. In Bangalore, the conviction rate stands at 3.77%, while it is 11.1% in Mangalore city and nil in Mysore city. These figures were obtained from state police data under RTI by M L Parashuram of Mysore-based Odanadi Seva Samsthe, an NGO working for the welfare of women in distress.

The reasons for low percentage of conviction are different. In many cases, the victims lose their fighting spirit due to non-cooperation from the authorities concerned, humiliation and pressure from family members.

Speaking to TOI, advocate M N Sumana, a women activist, said: "Conviction is possible if the victims are strong-willed. If not, they either strike a compromise with the accused, or lose their courage in fighting the case."

N Vijay, deputy director of women and child welfare department, admitted that victims, on occasions, do compromise fearing social stigma. "Even their family members turn docile over a period of time, and fail to fight against injustice," he added.

The accused also go unpunished for various reasons, and victims do not have the capacity to approach higher courts. Financial constraints and their inaccessibility to the seats of judgment are some of the reasons for their failure to seek revision of judgment delivered by lower courts.

Odanadi director M L Parashuram claims that most of the victims are poor women, who don't have social support.
 

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Less-conviction-of-rape-accused-raises-concerns/articleshow/18977124.cms 

Accused of molestation by daughter-in-law, man commits suicide, blames her

Accused of molestation by daughter-in-law, man commits suicide, blames her

NAGPUR: A senior citizen, who had been booked for outraging the modesty of his daughter-in-law, committed suicide by consuming poison. Gajendra Malviya was declared dead on Wednesday at a private hospital. In his suicide note, he blamed the daughter-in-law and her relatives for the drastic step that he had taken.
The 65-year-old Malviya was out on an ad-interim bail after being made an accused in the molestation case. After that he returned to his house and continued to stay with the daughter-in-law.

The molestation complaint was filed on May 2 at the Kalamna police station. She had stated that Malviya had been making undue advances towards her in husband's absence.
Police said that the woman got married to Malviya's son in 2010. Due to alleged harassment by Malviya, she left soon after and returned to her parent's house in Paratwada (Amravati). Last year, she returned to Nagpur on being persuaded by the Malviyas. According to her, Malviya did not improve his behaviour which prompted the woman to lodge a police complaint.
A few days ago, the daughter-in-law was again set to lodge an FIR against Malviya and, his wife and son for harassment.
An upset Malviya then consumed poison on Wednesday and was rushed to a private hospital in Wardhaman Nagar where he was declared dead. Police said that Malviya had indicted his daughter-in-law and two of her close relatives for trying to implicate him and his family in more cases.
Senior inspector Sampat Chavan of Kalamna police station said that the suicide note is with the cops. "At present the matter is under investigation. No decision on registering an offence has been taken," he said.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-06/nagpur/39787840_1_suicide-note-molestation-case-molestation-complaint 

Haryana youth offers to sell organs to pay off wife

Haryana youth offers to sell organs to pay off wife 

KOLKATA, 6 JUNE: A youth from Haryana wrote to the President of India seeking his approval to sell his organs to pay his wife who had allegedly filed a "false" dowry case against him. The matter is now under consideration of the National Human Rights Commission.
Mr Sunil Kumar (in sns photo), a resident of Fatehgarh in Haryana, married on 26 June in 2009. A year after his marriage, his wife brought dowry harassment charges against him and asked him to pay maintenance.
According to Sunil, his wife brought "false" charges against him for monetary gain. Though he collected proof against the false claims through RTI application, it was ignored by the local court, he alleged in his letter to the President.
Sunil wrote the letter in May this year to the President explaining his financial constraints and how he is overburdened with loans. He said in his letter that since he is unemployed and has nothing to sell to pay the maintenance to his wife, he would like to sell his organs.
"Please permit mercy killing (euthanasia) for me and sell my body parts and organs so that my wife receives her maintenance," he wrote. The matter is now before the National Human Rights Commission.
Talking to The Statesman from Haryana, Sunil said that after his wife filed "false" dowry case against him in 2010 she "continuously blackmailed me to pay her Rs 10 lakh to settle the matter." Expressing his poor financial condition he surrendered to the police on 9 August 2010 and spend two days in judicial custody.
"But that was the beginning of our suffering. The judge even after knowing my mother's poor health sent her to judicial custody for four days. My mother who was discharged from hospital after a major tumour operation suffered paralysis after spending four days in Hawalati ward without medicine, food and proper care," Sunil said.
He said that in spite of bringing the facts with relevant proofs before the court, the judge did not consider them. "I even submitted evidence against the false charges collected through RTI Act. But even after her false claims without any evidence she got order in her favour," Sunil said. "But now I hope justice will be given as the matter is taken up by the NHRC. Otherwise, I don't have any option other than selling my organs to pay my wife," he added.
Mr Amarty Talukdar  of Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), said that extortion of money by abusing the dowry law is now rampant in India. "We are daily flooded with complaints from husbands who are falsely charged by their wives often to get financial advantage. The government should act now to stop its misuse," he added.

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459836&catid=73

‘Take action against my wife’s family too. They paid me dowry’

‘Take action against my wife’s family too. They paid me dowry’

A hardware engineer was jailed following a dowry harassment charge in Sept 2010. Using the complaint as evidence, he has now filed a police case against wife and in-laws, seeking that they be punished for the offence of paying dowry

Manjunathan Padmanabhan, a hardware engineer, spent three harrowing days in Parappana Agrahara, sharing cell space with thieves and murderers. His crime? Accepting dowry. Now, in perhaps a first-of-its-kind case, the 34-year- has turned the tables on his wife and her family by filing a counter complaint for giving him dowry.

 

The Dowry Prohibition (DP) Act states that both giving and accepting dowry is an offence punishable by law, and Section 3 of the Act speaks about the “penalty for giving or taking dowry”. But while cases of husbands and their family members spending time in jail for receiving dowry are dime a dozen, rarely — if ever — has a dowry giver been punished. 

 

In his complaint against his wife and in-laws, Padmanabhan, a resident of Ulsoor, has used the same statements made by his wife's relatives in their complaint against him three years ago. Ulsoor police registered an FIR on April 17.

 

In his complaint, Padmanabhan states that he was married to R Ashwini on September 2, 2009. His wife had filed a complaint against him on September 8, 2010 stating that she was harassed for dowry and that Padmanabhan was paid 119.75 grams of gold, 11 pieces of silverware and cash of Rs 25,000, Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000 on January 2, 2010, July 5, 2010 and July 20, 2010 respectively. A case was filed against him under 498(A) of the IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 

 

In her complaint, Ashwini claimed that she and her family had also given Padmanabhan a suit in dowry. Her brother's statement claimed they had given cash on three occasions. The complaint was filed in the same police station (Ulsoor) and the complaint and the memo of evidence given by his in-laws are part of the station records. He claims he obtained all the necessary documents from the station through the Right to Information Act. 

 

Padmanabhan is now seeking action against all family members who admitted to giving him dowry. “Since offenders and abettors themselves admitted/claimed to have given dowry, it is submitted further that all these records and details are already with you,” Padmanabhan has stated in his complaint. 

 

Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Padmanabhan said, “My father-in-law is a Central government employee. He knows giving dowry is a crime. He, along with his family, has admitted to giving me dowry. That is the crux of their complaint and police statements against me. They have admitted to committing a crime before a police officer and the police have to take action against those persons. I am only stating what the law says.”

 

When contacted for his reaction, Ashwini's father, A Ramesh Babu, the main accused in Padmanabhan’s complaint, said, “I have not paid any dowry to him. Only a complaint of harassment for dowry was filed. The police might have changed my statement and added that I paid dowry. I do not know about the complaint filed against me.”

 

AK Mohan Krishna, an advocate who specialises in matrimonial disputes and who is unconnected to this case, said, “This is the first time that the police have registered a FIR against the wife's family for giving dowry. If it is only a demand for dowry, then only the provision of IPC Section 498(A) comes into play. If the wife and her family members have admitted to giving dowry, then they have committed a crime under the Dowry Prohibition (DP) Act. If they have stated that they have given dowry, they are clearly pleading guilty here. Though this provision of punishing those who give dowry is in the Act, in reality it has never been invoked. The same Act is used to punish husbands and their families who receive dowry. Police usually do not take such complaints. But this case seems to be very promising for men who are accused of taking dowry.” 

 

Ulsoor police said, “He (Padmanabhan) was jailed on a case of dowry harassment and he has now filed a complaint against his wife and in-laws. We are investigating the case.”

 

 http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/1/201304212013042101174814079169f78/%E2%80%98Take-action-against-my-wife%E2%80%99s-family-too-They-paid-me-dowry%E2%80%99.html

Don’t make my son villain in Jiah Khan’s story: Aditya Pancholi

Don’t make my son villain in Jiah Khan’s story: Aditya Pancholi

Mumbai: Ever since the news of Nafisa alias Jiah Khan’s suicide has surfaced, days have been very hard on the Pancholi family. Actor Aditya Pancholi says his son Suraj, the late actress’s boyfriend, is being made the “villain” in the story for no reason.
Jiah, 25, was found hanging in her Juhu residence on 4 June. Suraj is being questioned in the matter as the actress was reportedly depressed due to her failing Bollywood career as well as a crumbling personal life.
“If Suraj is to be blamed then please make him the villain,” says protective father Aditya.

Suraj and Aditya Pancholi.

In a recent blog post, writer Shobhaa De recently commented: “Like father, like son” in reference to Aditya and Suraj. Aditya is clearly unhappy.
“What’s Shobhaa De’s problem with me and my son? What does she mean by saying, ‘Like father, like son?’ Let the truth come out.
If Suraj has done some wrong, let it come out. But don’t condemn him in your column for something he hasn’t done. Everyone has children,” said the hurt father.
Taking a deep breath, Aditya relives the nightmare of a death so close to the family.
He said: “Suraj ki kya galti hai (What’s Suraj’s fault)? They’re probably looking for a villain in this story, and Suraj has been selected as the villain of this story. If you take Raavan out of the ‘Ramayan’, it loses its impact. What is ‘Sholay’ without Gabbar Singh?”
“For the last three days, I’ve done what I could do as a concerned father and the head of my family. Now I’ve the space to see what loss has Jiah’s family suffered. We were there – my son Suraj and I, for the funeral. Not for a second did we think we should stay away just to avoid trouble.
“Jiah and her mother (actress Rabiya Amin) are our friends. We are not going to turn our backs on them just because some questions are being asked by some people who don’t know the truth and are only interested in being judgmental,” he added.
Aditya says his son is going through a rough time.
“Suraj is very hurt and shaken. But what can he do? I know Suraj will be fine. But what about Jiah’s mother and sisters? Would they ever be normal again? Looking at Suraj’s grief, I am reminded of Jiah’s family’s grief,” he said.
Aditya also believes it’s wrong to blame only the broken relationship between Jiah and Suraj as the reason for her suicide.
“There must be other factors. Jiah bottled up all her emotions. Suraj tells me she never raised her voice. He says the maximum she ever raised her voice to say was, ‘Suraj, this is not done’.
“I want to request people to not try to make my son the villain. It’s circumstances that played villain in Jiah’s life. If that one moment when she took that drastic step had been averted, she’d still be alive,” he added.

http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/dont-make-my-son-villain-in-jiah-khans-story-aditya-pancholi-852569.html

Jaipur bomb scare: Woman sent e-mail to teach boyfriend lesson

Jaipur bomb scare: Woman sent e-mail to teach boyfriend lesson

HDFC Bank’s 30 year home loan Jaipur, June 6: Peeved over the marriage of her boyfriend, a 25-year-old woman with an intention to land him in trouble sent an e-mail to Chief Minister's office and Jaipur police threatening a bomb blast on June 13. Police said Ritu Sharma had an affair with Amit Jain, who was married to some other girl some time back. Annoyed over the issue, Ritu sent the e-mail from a fake id to Chief Minister's Office, DGP, Jaipur Police commissioner and other police officers yesterday. "The sender unspecifically mentioned the name and postal address of Amit, resident of Pratap Nagar, in the e-mail and said that a letter having information about the plan of bomb blast in Jaipur on June 13 was about to be delivered to him," Additional Police Commissioner Girraj Meena said. "It was also mentioned in the e-mail that there were information related to Army cantonment in the letter following which the Army as well as Central Intelligence authorities were informed and investigation started by police," he said. A police team rushed to the postal address mentioned in the email and held Amit. He expressed ignorance about such e-mail and letter and suspected that her former girlfriend Ritu may be behind this, police said. Meanwhile, the IP addressed of the computer which was used to create and send the e-mail was traced to a cyber cafe in Vaishali Nagar. The cyber cafe owner verified that a woman named Ritu had visited the cafe yesterday. Thereafter, the woman was today picked up for questioning and later placed under arrest under IT Act for her involvement in the matter, police said. Ritu is an MBA degree holder and presently unemployed, DCP (West) Dr Ravi said.

Read more at: http://news.oneindia.in/2013/06/06/jaipur-bomb-scare-woman-sent-email-to-teach-boyfriend-1233468.html

Case against NGO for forcing woman to file false rape case

Case against NGO for forcing woman to file false rape case

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.

Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.

The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.

The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.

The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.

During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.

The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.

It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.

The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.

The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.
The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.
The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.
The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.
During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.
The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.
It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.
The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.
The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/#sthash.BZ50hShW.dpuf

 

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.
The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.
The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.
The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.
During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.
The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.
It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.
The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.
The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/#sthash.BZ50hShW.dpuf

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.
The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.
The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.
The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.
During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.
The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.
It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.
The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.
The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/#sthash.BZ50hShW.dpuf

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.
The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.
The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.
The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.
During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.
The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.
It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.
The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.
The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/#sthash.BZ50hShW.dpuf

A city court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of a prominent NGO after a "rescued rape victim" told the court that a worker from the NGO had "tutored" her and told her to falsely depose that she had been raped by her employer, a businessman.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma on Saturday acquitted the businessman — a Punjabi Bagh resident — of the charge of rape.
The court also noted that though the NGO Shakti Vahini had been associated "in over a thousand cases", this case was the first instance in which the NGO had gotten involved to the extent of filing an application for the cancellation of bail of the accused.
The businessman had been granted bail to conduct the last rites of his mother, after spending 72 days in jail. The NGO had filed an application seeking the cancellation of bail.
The court dismissed the application and noted that the NGO had no locus standi to file a petition regarding the bail of an accused.
During arguments, the court found that the woman, who was sent to the Nirmal Chhaya women's home, had written to superintendent of Nirmal Chhaya and that her employer had not raped her.
The prosecution said the woman, who hails from Assam, was a minor and was "rescued" by the NGO and police from the Punjabi Bagh home of the businessman in October 2012.
It said the woman had told police that she was being forcibly kept at the businessman's home for three years with very little pay.
The prosecution had chargesheeted the businessman for rape and under the anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour laws.
The chargesheet also said the woman had given a statement that she had been raped numerous times by businessman, who had also "given her some tablets" after raping her.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/case-against-ngo-for-forcing-woman-to-file-false-rape-case/1078735/#sthash.BZ50hShW.dpuf

Husbands cry for rights, form NGO

Husbands cry for rights, form NGO

Demand equal laws, say they are wronged too

Some wives have some or the other problem with their husbands. But as both sexes are equal, legally and otherwise, husbands also have their set of problems with their wives or divorced wives.

Some such men are getting together to demand equality in laws and other instruments in every way vis-a-vis their wives or ex-wives and have formed Men's Rights Association (MRA).

Its President, Atit Rajpara, said, "The Indian court has shielded women from mistreatments from their husbands under the Domestic Violence Act (2005), ensuring every married woman lives with dignity and pride. But it is not always women who face oppression at home and the Act fails to address men who undergo a similar torture."

Acting as rescuer, this "non-funded, non-aided, registered NGO" for men was initiated by Rajpara in the summer of 2011 and currently functions out of his hometown, Pune.
"My wife filed a fictitious litigation against me back in 2010 and booked me with section 498 which defines cruelty by husband or relatives of the husband. I decided that it was the high time that an NGO must come forward to help men like me," he says.

Rajpara points out that according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) every eight minute, a married man commits suicide out of marital or financial pressure "because the society raises men in a way where they are not allowed to ask for help, neither complain, nor show their weaknesses."

Anurag Goyal, a divorcee earning a salary of Rs 50,000 says he has to give his wife a compensation of 20,000 for maintenance. "I have always seen my wife shopping and going around. My wife is educationally qualified but she doesn't want to do a job. And here I struggle every day to make money," says Goyal.

Rajpara questions the absurdity of the law which takes away men’s right of speech if a sexual harassment case is filed against him "even if it is false". The NGO receives 8-9 calls per day from the men who have been on the receiving end due to the new Domestic Law Act.

Rajpara mentions one such case - Sunil (name changed), a primary teacher based in Delhi who after being married for four years had a secretive affair, which included consensual sex, for six months with a teacher who had joined his school.

The lady teacher married someone else, but when confronted by her husband, denied the affair and termed it as rape. As a consequence Sunil had to spend 218 days in jail and is still fighting for the case on bail.

"All we want is proper trials that should be fairly conducted and not just approve husbands as guilty. Also, a woman must also get the same punishment as a male gets when proven guilty," says Swarop Sarkar, General Secretary, MRA.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/336236/husbands-cry-rights-form-ngo.html

प्रताड़ित पुरुषों को भी मिले इन्साफ: एमआरए

प्रताड़ित पुरुषों को भी मिले इन्साफ: एमआरए

नई दिल्ली. प्रताड़ित, अपमानित या घर से बेदखल करने की धमकियों से पीड़ित महिलाएं अपनी नजदीकी महिला संगठनों से मदद प्राप्त कर सकती हैं. लेकिन इसी तरह की प्रताड़ना से पीड़ित पुरुषों को ऐसी कोई सुविधा या सहायता हासिल नहीं है.
इसी बात का फ़ायदा उठाते हुए महिलाओं द्वारा पुरुषों पर झूठे मामले दर्ज कराने का सिलसिला जोर पकड़ रहा है.
इसकी प्रतिक्रियास्वरूप स्त्रियों द्वारा अपनी गरिमा एवं गौरव पर किए गए हमले का मुकाबला करने के लिए प्रताड़ित पुरुष अब एकजुट होकर अपने लिए समान अधिकारों की मांग को लेकर आवाज बुलंद कर रहे हैं.
पुरुष अधिकार संघ (एमआरए) के अध्यक्ष अतीत राजपाड़ा ने कहा कि भारतीय न्यायपालिका घरेलू हिंसा अधिनियम (2005) के तहत प्रत्येक विवाहित महिला को पति के दुर्व्यवहार से सुरक्षा प्रदान करती है, लेकिन हर बार सिर्फ महिलाएं ही ऐसी प्रताड़ना की शिकार नहीं होती हैं. यह कानून ऐसी ही प्रताड़ना के शिकार पुरुषों की रक्षा करने में असफल है.
राजपाड़ा ने कहा कि राष्ट्रीय अपराध रिकॉर्ड ब्यूरो (एनसीआरबी) के आंकड़े बताते हैं कि प्रत्येक 8 मिनट पर 1 पुरुष वैवाहिक या आर्थिक दबाव की वजह से आत्महत्या कर लेता है. ऐसा इसलिए है, क्योंकि इस समाज में पुरुषों का पालन-पोषण इस तरह से हुआ है, जहां वे किसी से मदद नहीं मांग सकते, न शिकायत कर सकते हैं और न ही अपनी कमजोरी दिखा सकते हैं.
उन्होंने कहा कि उनके एनजीओ में नए घरेलू हिंसा कानून से पीड़ित पुरुषों के प्रतिदिन 8 से 9 फोन आते हैं. राजपाड़ा ने ऐसे एक मामले का जिक्र करते हुए बताया कि दिल्ली के रहने वाले एक प्राथमिक शिक्षक सुनील (बदला हुआ नाम) को अपनी शादी के 4 वर्ष बाद अपने ही स्कूल में पढ़ाने वाली एक शिक्षिका के साथ प्रेम हो गया और दोनों के बीच सहमति से शारीरिक संबंध भी रहा.
वह शिक्षिका विवाहित थी और जब उसके पति को इस प्रेम-प्रसंग का पता चला, तो वह इससे मुकर गई और सुनील पर बलात्कार करने का आरोप लगा दिया. इसके चलते उसे 218 दिनों तक जेल में रहना पड़ा. अब वह जमानत पर रिहा है और इस मामले में अदालती लड़ाई लड़ रहा है.
एमआरए के महासचिव स्वरूप सरकार कहते हैं कि हम बस इस तरह के मामलों की निष्पक्ष सुनवाई चाहते हैं जिसमें सिर्फ पुरुषों को ही दोषी नहीं घोषित किया जाए. इसके साथ ही अगर कोई महिला भी इसमें दोषी पाई जाए तो उसे भी पुरुष के समान ही सजा दी जाए.

http://www.palpalindia.com/2013/06/02/nat-domestic-violence-against-men-neglected-alleges-mens-rights-association-8335.html

बेटी को वाशिंग मशीन में व बेटे को बाल्टी में डुबो कर मार डाला

बेटी को वाशिंग मशीन में व बेटे को बाल्टी में डुबो कर मार डाला

नई दिल्ली [जासं]। पूर्वी दिल्ली के मंडावली इलाके में दिल दहला देने वाली घटना में एक महिला ने छह साल की बेटी को वाशिंग मशीन में व 11 महीने के बेटे को बाल्टी में डुबो कर मार डालने के बाद खुद चुन्नी के सहारे पंखे से लटक खुदकुशी कर ली। बच्चों के शव बाथरूम से मिले हैं। पति से झगड़ा होने पर महिला ने बुधवार दोपहर यह कदम उठाया। घर से कोई सुसाइड नोट नहीं मिला है। तीनों के शवों को पोस्टमार्टम के लिए लाल बहादुर शास्त्री अस्पताल भेजा गया है।
बच्चों को मार कर खुदकुशी करने वाली महिला सविता (30) के पति देवेंद्र यादव ने दोपहर करीब डेढ़ बजे पुलिस को कॉल कर घटना की सूचना दी। देवेंद्र मंडावली के बुद्धा मार्ग स्थित ए ब्लॉक में पहली मंजिल पर रहते हैं। वह पटपड़गंज औद्योगिक इलाके में स्थित एक फर्म में टेक्सटाइल डिजाइनर हैं। वह उत्तर प्रदेश के गाजीपुर के रहने वाले हैं। वर्ष 2005 में इनकी सविता से शादी हुई थी। सविता दिल्ली के कालकाजी की रहने वाली थी।
शादी के कुछ दिन तक तो पति-पत्‍‌नी के बीच सबकुछ ठीक ठाक चला। बाद में दोनों के बीच झगड़े होने लगे। मंगलवार शाम भी पति-पत्‍‌नी के बीच किसी बात पर झगड़ा हो गया। गुस्से में सविता ने रात को खाना नहीं बनाया। बुधवार सुबह भी उसने नाश्ता नहीं बनाया। देवेंद्र यादव रोज की तरह सुबह करीब 10:30 बजे दफ्तर निकल गए। दोपहर करीब डेढ़ बजे देवेंद्र ने पत्‍‌नी को कई बार फोन किया। नहीं उठाने पर आशंकित देवेंद्र बाइक से घर आ गए। काफी खटखटाने पर जब दरवाजा नहीं खोला गया तब उन्होंने उसी मकान की अलग-अलग मंजिलों में रहने वाले अपने भाई व बहन के परिवार वालों के सहयोग से दरवाजा तोड़ दिया। अंदर घुसते ही उन्होंने देखा कि सविता बेडरूम में पंखे से लटकी हुई है। दोनों बच्चों को ढूंढने पर पहले तो वे कहीं नहीं मिले। बाथरूम में जाकर देखने पर वाशिंग मशीन में बेटी परिघटा (6 वर्ष) की लाश मिली। वाशिंग मशीन में पानी भर परिघटा को डुबो दिया गया था और मशीन को चला भी दिया गया था। बाथरूम में ही रखी बाल्टी में बेटे (11 माह) रुद्राक्ष का शव पड़ा हुआ था। उसे भी पानी में डुबोकर मारा गया था।
एडिशनल डीसीपी मोहम्मद आसिफ अली के मुताबिक सविता के शरीर पर नाखून के निशान मिले हैं, जिससे माना जा रहा है कि इस घटना से पूर्व पति-पत्‍‌नी के बीच जमकर लड़ाई हुई होगी।

 http://www.jagran.com/news/national-delhi-woman-drowns-her-two-children-commits-suicide-10454917.html

even he gets sexually harrased

even he gets sexually harrased

http://www.dc-epaper.com/PUBLICATIONS/DC/DCH/2013/06/05/ArticleHtmls/Even-HE-gets-sexually-harassed-05062013109024.shtml?Mode=1

लुटेरी दुल्हनों का मकड़जाल

लुटेरी दुल्हनों का मकड़जाल 

भोपाल। यदि आपको दुल्हन की तलाश है और कोई आपका घर बसाने के सपने दिखा रहा है, तो जरा सावधान हो जाएं, क्योंकि राजधानी में एक ऎसा गिरोह सक्रिय है, जो न केवल दुल्हन दिलाता है, बल्कि पूरे विघि विधान से शादी कराकर, नकली मां-बाप का आशीर्वाद भी दिलवा देगा। बाद में यही दुल्हन आपके परिजनों का दिल जीतकर घर का सारा कीमती सामान लेकर कब रफू चक्कर हो जाएगी, आपको पता भी नहीं चलेगा।
पत्रिका द्वारा किए गए स्टिंग ऑपरेशन में इस गिरोह की कारस्तानियों से पर्दा उठा है। राजस्थान में कई लोग इस गिरोह का शिकार बने हैं। खुफिया कैमरे के सामने इस गिरोह के सदस्यों ने कबूला है कि वे कैसे दुल्हन की तलाश में फिर रहे लोगों को फंसाते हैं और उनका घर लूटते हैं। इनके पास आपको 50 हजार से लेकर एक लाख रूपए तक में दुल्हन मिल जाएंगी। इसके ज्यादातर शिकार राजस्थान के दूल्हे बने हैं।
सरगना होशंगाबाद का
गिरोह का सरगना सुनील वर्मा होशंगाबाद का रहने वाला है। मिलने वाली रकम तीन हिस्सों में बराबर बंटती है, जिसमें एक हिस्सा गिरोह का सरगना अपने पास रखता है दूसरा हिस्सा बिचौलिए और तीसरा हिस्सा दुल्हन को मिलता है। लूट का सामान बराबर बंटता है। सुनील की मानें तो उसके संपर्क में आधा दर्जन से अघिक लड़कियां हैं जिन्हें लुटेरी दुल्हन बनाकर भेजता है। 
सीधी बात
दिनांक - 20 मई 2013
स्थान - हबीबगंज रेलवे स्टेशन, सेकण्ड एंट्री
सुनील वर्मा, सरगना
रिपोर्टर : एक पार्टी मिली है, उसे शादी के लिए लड़की चाहिए?
सुनील : मैं लड़की साथ लेकर आया हूं, देख लो।
रिपोर्टर : नकद में कितना लोगे?
सुनील : खुद ही तय कर लो, बराबर बांट लेंगे।
रिपोर्टर : कोई दिक्कत तो नहीं आएगी?
सुनील : घबराओ नहीं कईबार कर चुके हैं। ये लड़की राजस्थान में ही एक कांड करके आई है।
रिपोर्टर : शादी बिल्कुल विघिवत कराना पड़ेगी।
सुनील : होशंगाबाद घाट पर करा देंगे, उन्हें शक भी नहीं होगा।
रिपोर्टर : लड़का सुपर वाइजर है, लड़की सुंदर होगी तो दो लाख दे देगा।
सुनील : लड़की गाड़ी में बैठी है, देख लो।
रिपोर्टर : ये पसंद नहीं आएगी, कोई सुंदर नहीं है?
सुनील : एक नर्स है प्रिया, पसंद आ जाएगी। कल मुलाकात करा दूंगा।
 ऎसा है तो यह गंभीर मामला है। मैं अभी डीआईजी श्रीनिवास वर्मा से इस संबंध में चर्चा करता हूं। आप भी उनसे बात करके जो भी जानकारी है बता दें, हम कार्रवाई करेंगे।
नंदन दुबे, डीजीपी
विवेक राजपूत

http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/News/Home-Page/652013/home%20news/468826

'शगुन में एक हजार दिया, इसलिए मॉडल ने की थी मंगेतर की हत्या'

'शगुन में एक हजार दिया, इसलिए मॉडल ने की थी मंगेतर की हत्या'

जालंधर।। शादी से दो दिन पहले मंगेतर को अपने ही घर में जिंदा जला कर मार डालने वाली मॉडल से पूछताछ के बाद पुलिस ने सनसनीखेज खुलासा किया है। पुलिस के मुताबिक, दोनों की मंगनी के बाद लड़के के परिजनों ने मॉडल को शगुन के तौर पर सिर्फ एक हजार रुपया दिया था और यही उसकी हत्या का कारण बन गया।

जालंधर के शाहकोट इलाके के डीएसपी हरप्रीत सिंह बेनीपाल ने बताया कि मंगेतर मनजिंदर सिंह की हत्या के आरोप में पकड़ी गई मॉडल कमलजीत कौर ने पुलिस को पूछताछ में जो जानकारी दी वह चौंकाने वाली है।

उन्होंने बताया, 'मनजिंदर आर्थिक तौर पर कमलजीत से कमजोर था। मंगनी में शगुन के तौर पर कमलजीत को एक हजार रुपया मिला था। इसके बाद दोनों में अनबन हो गई। लड़की ने कहा कि उसने विवाह नहीं करने और मनजिंदर को छोड़ने का फैसला किया। लेकिन मनजिंदर ने उसे ब्लैकमेल करना शुरू कर दिया। इसके बाद कमलजीत और उसके परिजनों ने मिल कर मनजिंदर को जिंदा जला दिया था।


http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/north/jalandhar-youth-killed-by-fiancee-kin/articleshow/20397670.cms

Cops ‘drive’ minor boy to suicideCops ‘drive’ minor boy to suicide

Cops ‘drive’ minor boy to suicideCops ‘drive’ minor boy to suicide

RCF police have finally registered an FIR in the case wherein a freelance photographer in Chembur committed suicide.

Prakash Patni (32), who hung himself at his residence on Monday, had allegedly scribbled a "suicide note" in pencil on the wall of his home, implying that his wife, her mother and aunt were responsible for his death. On Sunday, police registered a case against Patni's wife Dimple (28), her mother Jaishree Kundani and aunt Mohini Kundani.

Patni's brother Mohan (34) told Mumbai Mirror that police was reluctant to lodge a complaint citing lack of evidence. "My brother has clearly mentioned these three names. Then too police failed to register a complaint. On Saturday, I and my family were made to sit in the police station for hours. After much reluctance, they registered an FIR on Sunday at midnight, but told us that the accused will not be arrested till the court orders," he said.

"His mother-in-law used to visit their house almost everyday. She stays in Koparkhairne, but her husband runs a garage in Chembur. Often, my brother used to complain of harassment by the in-laws. My parents used to pay his rent and food bills," said Mohan.

"As per the complaint by Patni's father Jagdish, we have registered a case under IPC section 306 (34), abetment to suicide. Patni was also facing financial difficulties. It's not necessary that only domestic discord could lead to suicide. We didn't register a complaint due to lack of evidence," said a RCF police official, requesting anonymity.

"On Monday, Patni's wife Dimple returned home from Koparkhairne around 1 pm. When he failed to open the door, she lifted the curtain at one of the windows to find him hanging by the ceiling fan. Patni was staying on rent at Building No. 18 of Chembur Camp with his wife and son Piyush (7) for the last two years. He worked as a freelance photographer and videographer. On the wall in his house, he wrote, "Because of my wife and her mother Jaishree Kundani and Mohini Kundani, its over."

A few hours before he committed suicide, he had also written various status messages on his Facebook account, saying it was his last day. His mobile records show that at 2.30 am on Monday, he messaged his wife saying, "Dear I am sorry. You have done wrong. Please don't do this to anyone."

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/crime/FIR-against-wife-her-mother-in-Chembur-photographers-suicide/articleshow/20404634.cms

महिलाओं से पीड़‍ित पुरुषों ने मांगा अधिकार

महिलाओं से पीड़‍ित पुरुषों ने मांगा अधिकार  

प्रताड़ित, अपमानित या घर से बेदखल करने की धमकियों से पीड़ित महिलाएं अपनी नजदी‍की महिला संगठनों से मदद प्राप्त कर सकती हैं. लेकिन इसी तरह की प्रताड़ना से पीड़ित पुरुष आखिर क्या करें. महिलाओं अपनी गरिमा एवं गौरव पर किए गए हमले का मुकाबला करने के लिए प्रताड़ित पुरुष अब एकजुट होकर अपने लिए समान अधिकारों की मांग को लेकर आवाज बुलंद कर रहे हैं.
पुरुष अधिकार संघ (एमआरए) के अध्यक्ष अतीत राजपाड़ा ने कहा, ‘भारतीय न्यायपालिका घरेलू हिंसा अधीनियम (2005) के तहत प्रत्येक विवाहित महिला को पति के र्दुव्‍यवहार से सुरक्षा प्रदान करती है. लेकिन हर बार सिर्फ महिलाएं ही ऐसी प्रताड़ना की शिकार नहीं होती हैं. यह कानून ऐसी ही प्रताड़ना के शिकार पुरुषों की रक्षा करने में असफल है.’
राजपाड़ा ने कहा कि राष्ट्रीय अपराध रिकार्ड ब्यूरो (एनसीआरबी) के आंकड़े बताते हैं कि प्रत्येक आठ मिनट पर एक पुरुष वैवाहिक या आर्थिक दबाव की वजह से आत्महत्या कर लेता है. ऐसा इसलिए है, क्योंकि इस समाज में पुरुषों का पालन पोषण इस तरह से हुआ है जहां वे किसी से मदद नहीं मांग सकते, न शिकायत कर सकते हैं और न ही अपनी कमजोरी दिखा सकते हैं.
उन्होंने कहा कि उनके एनजीओ में नए घरेलू हिंसा कानून से पीड़ित पुरुषों के प्रतिदिन आठ से नौ फोन आते हैं.
राजपाड़ा ने ऐसे एक मामले का जिक्र करते हुए बताया कि दिल्ली के रहने वाले एक प्राथमिक शिक्षक सुनील (बदला हुआ नाम) को अपनी शादी के चार वर्ष बाद अपने ही स्कूल में पढ़ाने वाली एक शिक्षिका के साथ प्रेम हो गया और दोनों के बीच सहमति से शारीरिक संबंध भी रहा. वह शिक्षिका विवाहित थी और जब उसके पति को इस प्रेम प्रसंग का पता चला, तो वह इससे मुकर गई और सुनील पर बलात्कार करने का आरोप लगा दिया. इसके चलते उसे 218 दिनों तक जेल में रहना पड़ा. अब वह जमानत पर रिहा है और इस मामले में अदालती लड़ाई लड़ रहा है.
एमआरए के महासचिव स्वरूप सरकार कहते हैं, ‘हम बस इस तरह के मामलों की निष्पक्ष सुनवाई चाहते हैं, जिसमें सिर्फ पुरुषों को ही दोषी नहीं घोषित किया जाए. इसके साथ ही अगर कोई महिला भी इसमें दोषी पाई जाए तो उसे भी पुरुष के समान ही सजा दी जाए.’

http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/women-harassed-men-should-get-right-1-732395.html

Aggrieved men put up a fight

Aggrieved men put up a fight

New Delhi: Tormented? Abused? Humiliated and threatened to be evicted from the house? Yes, you can always seek assistance from the nearest ‘friendly’ women’s organisation.
But what if you are not a woman? Aggrieved men are now finding strength in numbers by banding together to cope with assaults to their dignity and pride by women as well as to fight for equal rights to men.
“The court has shielded women from mistreatments from their husbands under the Domestic Violence Act, ensuring every married woman lives with dignity and pride. But it is not always women who face oppression at home and the Act fails to address men who undergo a similar torture,” says Atit Rajpara, President of Men’s Rights Association (MRA).
Acting as rescuer, this “non-funded, non-aided, registered NGO” for men was initiated by Mr Rajpara in 2011 and currently functions out of his hometown, Pune.
Mr Rajpara points out that according to the National Crime Records Bureau every eight minute, a married man commits suicide out of marital or financial pressure “because the society raises men in a way where they are not allowed to ask for help, neither complain, nor show their weaknesses.”
“All we want is proper trials that should be fairly conducted and not just approve husbands as guilty. Also, a woman must also get the same punishment as a male gets when proven guilty,” says Swarop Sarkar, general secretary of MRA.
 

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130603/news-current-affairs/article/aggrieved-men-put-fight 

Maharashtra: Conviction rate dips in state as many witnesses turn hostile

Maharashtra: Conviction rate dips in state as many witnesses turn hostile

The Maharashtra police are faltering in their effort to combat crime. The conviction rate in the state fell from 25.14% in 2011 to 23.7% last year, underscoring the urgent need for sounder investigations and better coordination between public prosecutors and investigators.

Statistics collated by the directorate of public prosecution show that 3.43 lakh cases (under the Indian Penal Code, central and state laws) were "conducted" or concluded in 2012. Of these, 43,039 ended in convictions. By comparison, the year before, there were convictions in 48,130 cases of the 4.5 lakh that reached closure.

State home minister R R Patil conceded a dip in convictions in Maharashtra over the last few years. "The Democratic Front government in 2011 appointed a committee to study causes of the poor rate and recommend corrective measures. The home department adopted those measures."

Patil said the results of the department's steps will begin showing. "There has already been an improvement in numbers in the first four months of 2013," he said.

The home department claimed there was a marginal rise in conviction rate in 2012, compared to the previous year, but failed to provide figures.

A senior official said the conviction figures are mainly a result of witnesses turning hostile and lack of witnesses. The dearth of witnesses, he said, was the cause for 14.03% acquittals and witnesses turning hostile the reason for 25% exonerations . Director-general of police Sanjeev Dayal pegged the latter figure at 66%.

The worrying conviction rate becomes bothersome when zoomed in on.

State home department data shows convictions were gained in 9% of the Indian Penal Code cases in 2010; the next year, the tally slipped to 8.2%. In 2012, "the compounded conviction rate decreased to 7.8%," a Mantralaya official said.

Other states have better records than Maharashtra . In 2011, the National Crime Records Bureau said, while Maharashtra achieved convictions in 8.2% IPC cases, Uttar Pradesh scored convictions in 59.6% such cases, New Delhi in 58.1% and Haryana in 25.1%.

Taking note of the trend, Dayal had recently emphasised the need for better coordination between prosecutors and investigators. He ordered senior officers of assistant commiss ioner rank to investigate violent crimes so as to build watertight cases which prosecutors can take to their logical end. For serious crimes against women, he said probes must be supervised by deputy commissioners to ensure sound paperwork before filing of chargesheets.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Maharashtra-Conviction-rate-dips-in-state-as-many-witnesses-turn-hostile/articleshow/20402809.cms?intenttarget=no 

Harassed by female cop friend, man commits suicide

Harassed by female cop friend, man commits suicide

NASHIK: A 25-year-old youth, who was scheduled to get married today, allegedly committed suicide after a woman with whom he had friendship, pressurised him to either tie the knot with her or pay her Rs three lakh, police said on Sunday.


Deepak Savkar Barve, from Bortembhe village, ended his life yesterday by jumping before a speeding train near Shilapur.

A note was found on him which mentioned that woman police constable Manisha Kujure - posted at the Nashik rural police headquarters in Adgaon - with whom he had a friendship, threatened to break his impending marriage and demanded that either he should pay Rs three lakh or marry her, police said.

Based on a complaint by the deceased's father, police have registered an offence against seven persons, including the constable, aged around 24 years, and her family members, for allegedly harassing the youth and abetting his suicide. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Harassed-by-female-cop-friend-man-commits-suicide/articleshow/20393345.cms 

Rape accused freed, girl faces perjury

Rape accused freed, girl faces perjury

NEW DELHI: Implicating two youths in heinous crime like gangrape has boomeranged on a 20-year-old girl as a Delhi court not only allowed the accused to walk free but also ordered her prosecution for the offence of perjury.

The court, which said it cannot restore the "lost honour" of the accused, also noted, "It is very regrettable that a trend has set in now a days where the investigating officers dance to the tunes of the girl complaining of rape, completely throwing to winds their duties and responsibilities."

"This is a fit case where the prosecutrix (girl) deserves to be proceeded against for committing the offences punishable under section 193/196 (giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding) of the IPC," additional sessions judge Virender Bhat said.

The court ordered that copy of its judgment be sent to Delhi Police commissioner and others so that efforts can be taken to "sensitize" and "train" police officers to conduct probe in such cases with "an open mind without treating the statement of the girl as gospel truth".

Police had arrested Preetam Yadav and Manoj Kumar Yadav in November 2011 after the girl complained that they had raped her. During the trial, advocate Vikas Padora, appearing for Manoj, said that at the time and date of the alleged incident, the accused, along with his family, was at a hotel in Gurgaon celebrating his daughter's birthday. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Rape-accused-freed-girl-faces-perjury/articleshow/20402260.cms 

इंडियन ऑयल के असिस्टेंट मैनेजर ने लगाई फांसी

इंडियन ऑयल के असिस्टेंट मैनेजर ने लगाई फांसी

- पटना के मूल निवासी राहुल कुमार अलीगंज में किराए पर रहते थे
- परिवारीजनों के मुताबिक पत्नी से ठीक नहीं थे रिश्ते, रहता था तनाव
जागरण संवाददाता, लखनऊ : इंडियन ऑयल के असिस्टेंट मैनेजर (लॉ) राहुल कुमार सिंह (31) ने फांसी लगाकर जान दे दी। अलीगंज सेक्टर-सी में वह किराए के मकान में रहते थे। परिवारीजनों का कहना है कि राहुल की बीती फरवरी में शादी हुई थी और पत्नी से झगड़ा होने के कारण राहुल अकसर तनाव में रहता था। राहुल के सहकर्मी उसका स्वभाव काफी मिलनसार और हंसमुख बता रहे हैं।
एलआइजी बी-5 पटना निवासी ललित कुमार सिंह का बेटा राहुल इंडियन ऑयल में असिस्टेंट मैनेजर (लॉ) था। इंडियन ऑयल कारपोरेशन से सेवानिवृत्त मोहिबुल्ला अब्बासी के मकान में वह दिसंबर 2011 से किराए पर कमरा लेकर रह रहे थे। ललित कुमार शनिवार को लगातार राहुल को फोन मिला रहे थे, लेकिन फोन उठ नहीं रहा था। इस पर उन्होंने राहुल के मित्र मनोज कुमार गुप्ता को फोन किया और राहुल के बारे में जानकारी हासिल करने को कहा। मनोज रविवार सुबह छह बजे राहुल के घर पहुंचे और मोहिबुल्ला अब्बासी को सारी जानकारी दी। राहुल का कमरा देखा गया तो वह अंदर से बंद था। मनोज कुमार ने कमरे का दरवाजा तोड़ा तो राहुल का शव फांसी पर लटक रहा था। राहुल ने कमरे के अंदर पंखे में बेडशीट का फंदा बनाकर फांसी लगा ली थी। राहुल के चाचा सत्यवीर सिंह रांची में डीएसपी हैं। उन्होंने जानकारी दी है कि राहुल की शादी फरवरी में हुई थी। राहुल का उसकी पत्नी नेहा से काफी झगड़ा होता था, इस कारण वह तनाव में रहता था। इंडियन ऑयल कारपोरेशन के जीएम प्रवीण कुमार ने बताया कि राहुल बहुत ही मिलनसार और सीधा था। वह अपने सहकर्मियों के बीच में काफी लोकप्रिय था, इस घटना से सभी स्तब्ध हैं।

http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-10445590.html

Men have rights too! Aggrieved men put up a fight

Men have rights too! Aggrieved men put up a fight

Tormented? Abused? Humiliated and threatened to be evicted from the house? Yes, you can always seek assistance from the nearest 'friendly' women's organisation. But what if you are not a woman?

Aggrieved men are now finding strength in numbers by banding together to cope with assaults to their dignity and pride by women as well as to fight for equal rights to men.

"The Indian court has shielded women from mistreatments from their husbands under the Domestic Violence Act (2005), ensuring every married woman lives with dignity and pride. But it is not always women who face oppression at home and the Act fails to address men who undergo a similar torture," says Atit Rajpara, President of Men's Rights Association (MRA).

Acting as rescuer, this "non-funded, non-aided, registered NGO" for men was initiated by Rajpara in the summer of 2011 and currently functions out of his hometown, Pune.

"My wife filed a fictitious litigation against me back in 2010 and booked me with section 498 which defines cruelty by husband or relatives of the husband. I decided that it was the high time that a NGO must come forward to help men like me," he says.

Rajpara points out that according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) every eight minute, a married man commits suicide out of marital or financial pressure "because the society raises men in a way where they are not allowed to ask for help, neither complain, nor show their weaknesses."

Anurag Goyal a divorcee earing a salary of Rs 50,000 says he has to give his wife a compensation of 20,000 for maintenance.

"I have always seen my wife shopping and going around. My wife is educationally qualified but she doesn't want to do a job. And here I struggle every day to make money," says Goyal.

Rajpara questions the absurdity of the law which takes away his right of speech if a sexual harassment case if filed against him "even if it is false". The NGO receives 8-9 calls per day from the men who have been on the receiving end due to the new Domestic Law Act.

Rajpara mentions one such case - Sunil (name changed), a primary teacher based in Delhi who after being married for four years had a secretive affair, which included consensual sex, for six months with a teacher who had joined his school.

The teacher eventually married, but when confronted by her husband, she denied the affair and termed it as rape. As a consequence Sunil had to spend 218 days in jail and is still fighting for the case on bail with assistance from Rajpara.

"All we want is proper trials that should be fairly conducted and not just approve husbands as guilty. Also, a woman must also get the same punishment as a male gets when proven guilty," says Swarop Sarkar, General Secretary, MRA.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/men-have-rights-too-aggrieved-men-put-up-a-fight-113060200122_1.html

Woman kills self following dowry demand post divorce

Woman kills self following dowry demand post divorce


SURAT: A 27 year old woman committed suicide in Kapodra area of Surat on Wednesday by consuming pesticide. Police investigation revealed that the victim was being harassed by her former husband and in-laws demanding dowry of Rs 5 lakh cash and jewellery.
Chhaya Patel's body was found from a house in Bhakti Park society in Kamrej of Surat. Following her death, her family members alleged that Patel's former husband DineshGangani and his family used to harass her to give them cash and jewellery. Police booked husband, DineshGangani, father in law, Gordhan and mother in law, Vasantben.

Patel got married to Gangani in January 2012 after a brief love affair. After marriage Patel was harassed by husband and in-laws to bring dowry money and jewellery. Patel refused to bring dowry from her parents and took divorce from Gangani in December 2012. She was living separate and discontinued relationship with Gangani.

Even after divorce Gangani and his family continued to harass Patel. Gangani and other accused harassed the victim on phone and by visiting her personally. The accused told Patel that she did not pay them the dowry after marriage and they will not let it go, police informed.

"The family claimed that the torture for dowry continued even after divorce. Due to the dowry the victim ended life," said A S Vasava, police sub inspector, Kapodra police station.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Woman-kills-self-following-dowry-demand-post-divorce/articleshow/20370849.cms 

Bride elopes with boyfriend, groom marries her sister

Bride elopes with boyfriend, groom marries her sister

NAGPUR: It's stuff Bollywood flicks are made up of. A bride eloped with her boyfriend, leaving the groom waiting at the marriage mandap at Ramteke Nagar on Wednesday. The woman, 22, returned in the evening, married to the man she loved. The groom, disheartened at first, had another surprise waiting for him, as the bride's family did not send him back empty-handed. They convinced the bride's younger sister to marry the groom, and everyone went home happy at the end of the day.

The drama started when a family from Pandhrabodi rushed to Ambazari police station with a request to help them find their daughter Reema (name changed), whose marriage was scheduled at 11am. The groom Shekhar (name changed), a computer teacher from Walni, had already reached the marriage venue with a 'baraat' of around 300 people. The bride's nervous family told police that she had left home early morning and was not traceable, with her mobile phone also unreachable.

Reema's family members also revealed that she was close to one Ravi (name changed). Sources in the neighbourhood also told the cops that Reema often frequented Ravi's place and the couple had been in a steady relationship.

Cops from Ambazari police station immediately rushed to Ravi's place at Sudamnagari. But Ravi too was untraceable and his mobile phone was switched off. The cops immediately flashed the registration number of Ravi's bike on the wireless to trace him, assuming that Ravi and Reema had gone together.

Meanwhile, the groom Shekhar and his family were crestfallen on learning about the incident. They started levelling allegations of fraud and cheating against Reema's family, for having kept from them the fact of her affair with Ravi. They were also upset that Reema had participated in marriage rituals at Shekhar's place a day earlier without any apparent reluctance expected of someone thinking of running away.

After a daylong drama of trying to trace them, Reema and Ravi returned in the evening after marrying each other. The cops, who had been worried about the possibility of the lovebirds taking a drastic step like suicide, were relieved to see them married and happy. "Police cannot take action since two adults have taken a decision to marry each other," said an officer of Ambazari police station.

However, the drama was not yet over, as Shekhar and Reema's families decided to end the matter on a happier note. Reema's younger sister Rita (name changed) was asked to marry Shekhar, and she agreed. Decked up in bridal make-up, she took Reema's place at the wedding and got married to Shekhar.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Bride-elopes-with-boyfriend-groom-marries-her-sister/articleshow/20339828.cms 

Chembur man blamed wife, in-laws in suicide note on bedroom wall

Chembur man blamed wife, in-laws in suicide note on bedroom wall

Police, however, register accidental death as no one came forward to complain about in-laws.

The Chembur freelance photographer, who hanged himself at his residence on Monday, had allegedly written a 'suicide note' in pencil on the wall of his home, implying that his wife, her mother and aunt were responsible for his death.

Prakash Patni, 32, wrote on the wall of his room, "Because of my wife and her mother Jaishree Kundani and (aunt) Mohini Kundani it is over. These 3 persons are the reason".

Patni had also put up several posts on his Facebook profile, hinting of betrayal in love and that he was ending his life. He sent his wife who was at her maternal home an sms too, accusing her of wrongdoing.

The RCF police, however, registered only an accidental death as, according to them, no one came forward to register a complaint against his wife and her relatives.

"We registered an accidental death as no one filed any complaint," said Senior Inspector Dilip Yadav of the RCF Police Station. "Patni was financially unstable and used to gamble. He posted his status on his Facebook wall saying bye to his friends. We are also told that his wife had an affair which could be one of the reasons for his suicide, but we are investigating," Yadav added.

Patni's family have now said that they submitted an application to the RCF police on Wednesday, asking them to register a complaint against his wife Dimple, 28, her mother and her aunt.

A freelance photographer, Patni who married around 10 years ago, lived in a rented room in Chembur Camp with his wife and son Piyush, 7, for the past two years.

"We are not earning well, but my parents paid for his house rent and food bills each month," said Patni's brother Mohan, 34. "He had to only take care of his family's other expenses."

Mohan further said, "His fatherin-law has a garage in Chembur and his mother-in-law used to visit Patni's home everyday. We don't know how they harassed Patni, but it appears he was upset with his wife. Dimple was with her parents in Koparkhairane when he committed suicide. His mobile records show that at 2:30 am on Monday he messaged his wife saying 'Dear I am sorry. You have done wrong. Please don't do this to anyone'. The last sentence is mentioned on the wall of his room as well as his Facebook page."

Locals residents who did not want to be named said that Patni was very much into gambling and had problems in his personal life.

They also said that he used to pick fights with people.

Patni's body was discovered on Monday after his wife returned home around 1 pm. When he failed to open the door, she went around and lifted the window curtain and saw him hanging from the ceiling fan.

On Wednesday, when Mumbai Mirror contacted Dimple, she refused to comment.

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/crime/Chembur-man-blamed-wife-in-laws-in-suicide-note-on-bedroom-wall/articleshow/20339088.cms 

रेप की झूठी शिकायत दर्ज कराई थी, 10 साल के लिए अंदर

रेप की झूठी शिकायत दर्ज कराई थी, 10 साल के लिए अंदर

टीकमगढ़। मध्यप्रदेश के टीकमगढ़ जिले की एक अदालत ने थाने में सामूहिक बलात्कार की झूठी शिकायत करने के आरोप में दोषी पाए जाने पर आरोपी महिला को दस साल की सजा सुनाई है। अपर सत्र न्यायाधीश उपेन्द्र सिंह ने जिले के जतारा थाना क्षेत्र निवासी आरोपी महिला सावित्री को इस मामले मे दोषी पाए जाने पर यह सजा सुनाई।

अभियोजन के अनुसार आरोपी सावित्री ने 28 मार्च 1998 को जिले के जतारा थाने में अपने साथ हुए सामूहिक बलात्कार की शिकायत दर्ज कराई थी। पुलिस ने इस मामले में आरोपी छिंगा, मुश्ताक अली, सुरेश लोहार और बबलू अहिरवार को गिरफतार कर कोर्ट में पेश किया। 22 अप्रैल 1999 को तत्कालीन न्यायाधीश एस सी सिन्हा ने आरोपी बबलू को सजा सुनाई थी और साक्ष्य के अभाव में तीन आरोपी छिंगा, मुश्ताक और सुरेश को बरी कर दिया था।

इसके बाद अपील की सुनवाई के दौरान कोर्ट ने महिला सावित्री द्वारा सामूहिक बलात्कार की झूठी रिपोर्ट दर्ज कराने और गवाही के दौरान अपने बयान से मुकर जाने के कारण विशेष न्यायाधीश के निर्देश पर 1999 में मामला दर्ज किया गया था। इस मामले की सुनवाई पूरी करने के बाद कोर्ट ने फैसले में आरोपी सावित्री को दोषी पाते हुए दस साल के कारावास की सजा सुनाई।

http://khabar.ibnlive.in.com/news/100111/3

Youth ends life after wife refuses to return

Youth ends life after wife refuses to return

KANPUR: A 24-year-old youth allegedly hanged himself to death late on Monday night in Panki police circle. He was identified as Virendra Kumar son of AsahrfiLal and a resident of Ratanpur area.

Family members told that Virendra was quite tense after his wife refused to return from her parents' house.

According to police, Virendra's body was found hanging in the room of his house by other members on Tuesday morning. "He was tense but they never thought that it would drive him to take his life," said a police official at the Panki police station.

On Monday night, after having his dinner he went into his room and locked the door from inside.

He later hanged himself from the ceiling. The incident came to light when other family members tried to wake him up on Tuesday morning. When repeated knocks failed to evoke any response, they broke the door to find his body hanging from the ceiling of his room, the police said.The police further added, "No suicide note was recovered from the room, and investigations are underway".The police after conducting preliminary investigations sent the body for autopsy. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Youth-ends-life-after-wife-refuses-to-return/articleshow/20321254.cms 

CCTV dealer’s death: Wife, lover held

CCTV dealer’s death: Wife, lover held

NEW DELHI: Three days after a CCTV dealer was found dead in west Delhi's Uttam Nagar, his wife and her lover have been arrested. Police said Jyoti (28) had killed her husband Vinod with the help of Ajit and then tried to pass off as death from tuberculosis. The couple's five-year-old son was sleeping beside Vinod when the incident occurred.


"The wife and her lover Ajit (31) hail from Jharkhand. Ajit used to work for Vinod and was recently sacked after Vinod found certain malpractices and also suspected his wife of having an illicit affair. Ajit, however, returned a few days later and asked for forgiveness and Vinod hired him back. On Saturday after Vinod was asleep, Jyoti tightly held on to his legs as Ajit throttled him to death at the couple's residence in Om Vihar, Uttam Nagar," additional commissioner of police (west) V Renganathan said.

Jyoti told police the couple had an argument after which Vinod had retired to bed. "She said her husband was not keeping well and was suffering from tuberculosis. However, when we enquired, we found that Ajit was present at Jyoti's residence that night. We also found they first took Vinod to a private hospital at Tilak Nagar but backed off realizing the doctors might call the cops. Finally they took him to DDU Hospital from where we received the call," said an investigating officer.

The neighbours told police they suspected foul play. Police detained Ajit, who confessed to the crime later.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/CCTV-dealers-death-Wife-lover-held/articleshow/20321268.cms 

सेक्स के जाल में फंसाकर करते थे रईसजादों को ब्लैकमेल

सेक्स के जाल में फंसाकर करते थे रईसजादों को ब्लैकमेल

यूपी पुलिस ने मुरादाबाद में ए‌क कॉलगर्ल्स रैकेट का भांडेफोड़ किया है जो सेक्स के जाल में फंसाकर रईसजादों को ब्लैकमेल किया करता था। पुलिस ने पांच कॉलगर्ल्स व दो युवकों को गिरफ्तार किया है।

छापे के दौरान घर से करीब पांच लाख रुपये के अलावा कैमरा, वीडियो फुटेज, फोटो, नौ महंगे मोबाइल समेत कई आपत्तिजनक चीजें बरामद की गईं।

इन कॉलगर्ल्स का संबंध बेंगलुरु, लखनऊ, दिल्ली, आगरा जैसे बड़े शहरों से हैं। कॉल डिटेल के आधार पर इस नेटवर्क से जुड़े और लोगों की तलाश की जा रही है।

शनिवार रात पुलिस को बाहर से कुछ कॉलगर्ल्स के किसी पार्टी के लिए बुलाए जाने की सूचना मिली थी। इस पर सीओ सिविल लाइंस के निर्देशन में एसएसपी ने टीम का गठन करके छापे की कार्रवाई के लिए भेजा।

रात करीब 10 बजे जब पुलिस फकीरपुरा क्षेत्र में पहुंची तो वहां अफरातफरी मच गई। कोई कॉलगर्ल छत से कूदकर भाग निकली तो कोई बेड के नीचे छिप गई। करीब चार लड़कियां फरार हो गईं।

पुलिस पांच कॉलगर्ल्स और मकान मालकिन को लेकर थाने आई। जांच में पता लगा कि यह रैकेट अमीरजादों को फंसाकर उनकी अश्लील क्लिपिंग बनाता था और फिर ब्लैकमेल करता था।

मौके पर मिली रकम इसी ब्लैकमेलिंग के जरिए इकट्ठा की गई थी। कुछ लड़कियों की कॉल डिटेल निकलवाई गई तो पता लगा कि उनके तार देश के करीब एक दर्जन महानगरों से भी जुड़े हैं।

डायरी में कई सफेदपोशों के नाम
छापे की कार्रवाई के दौरान पुलिस को घर से एक डायरी भी मिली। जिसमें कुछ नाम और फोन नंबर लिखे थे। पुलिस ने यह डायरी खंगाली तो उसमें कई सफेदपोशों के नाम भी लिखे थे। एक पुलिसकर्मी का भी नाम मिला।

एसपी सिटी ने बताया कि सभी नंबरों की पड़ताल की जा रही है। यह नाम डायरी में क्यों लिखे गए थे? इस बात का जवाब नहीं मिल पाया है। मुमकिन है कि इस धंधे में कुछ बडे़ लोगों का भी हाथ हो। जांच के बाद ही कुछ कहा जा सकता है।

ऐसे करते थे ब्लैकमेल
लड़कियां ग्राहक के बुलावे पर अपने साथ कैमरा लेकर जाती थीं। होटलों में भी यह कैमरा लगा दिया जाता था। जिस मकान में छापा मारा गया, वहां अलग-अलग करीब 10 कमरे बने हुए हैं।

पकड़ी गई कॉलगर्ल्स में से दो नाबालिग बताई जा रही हैं। वहीं पुलिस ने मकान मालकिन के कथित पति और एक युवक को भी हिरासत में लिया है। एक युवती आगरा और एक मेरठ की रहने वाली है।

http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/uttar-pradesh/sex-racket-in-muradabad/ 

Brides can no longer commit crime of false dowry and 498a allegations

Brides can no longer commit crime of false dowry and 498a allegations

The subaltern trend is already visible now with few high court jusges are daring to stop prosecution of husbands when faced with evidently baseless dowry and harassment allegations. They have rightfull conceded that when the evidences are not even to prosecute thou shall not prosecute.

 

Section 482 is never meant to be an empty and toothless law. It meaning is clear that when there will be no justice is conducting prosecuting a case such cases have to be dropped. Supreme court cautioned that it should e used in rarest of rare case. Unfortunately it was used as an excuse and rarest of rare of false cases were quashed. The guidelines given by supreme court only lists down some of the reasons for quashing but in reality this section was never meant to be constrained in another way

 

In dowry and 498a cases till 2005 for 22 years there were only 5 cases of quash on merits .

 

The break in trend can be seen with the complete quashing of the case filed by a software Engineer currentlly working in Infosys. On quick analysis of the Complaint by the said Infosian Software Engineer The courts found out that there could not ever have been the possibllity of dowry case at all . It was the resentment of this infosys software Engineer towards the mother in law who used to visit the couple very infrequently and had prudently and safely stayed away from the couple . The lure of visiting the grandchild was too much for this el=derly grandwother and  visited the couple for just a day . This was resented and the software engineer filed a case of dowry and harassement against the her husband and his mother.

The courts clearly observerved that nowadays the turn in marital disputes have taken a curiopus disputes with the women turning agressors and found that there was no justification for the said software engineer to have filed any complaint with police station . This judgement was reported in ILR [1] 2006 .

 

In 2006 UP High court high court again provided relief against vexatious dowry and harassment cases observing  there had been no reason for the cases

 

In late 2006 chennai high court quashed the case of an SIF member completely .

 

In 2007 Delhi high court represented by justice Dhingra made the observsation that the those brides who come with gift horses should be punished. They give lots of gifts in marriage and when marriage goes sour they start screaming dowry and harassment . I tis nothing but a sick mentality gone sour after refusing to allow the prosecution of an husband.

 

The undertones of trend are clear . It needs to be strenghtened . Without  smoke there is no  question prosecuting someone for starting the fire. Merely the wife and her relative making sound of "fire fire " is no justification for prosecutingdowry , harassment cases.

 

If marriage goes sour go for divorce. If you do not have money then work and earn money is my messge to the young girls and women . Do not use 498a or  dowry cases as money making business

 

The courts are slowly starting to protexct against maliciouos prosecution and they will soon start prosecuting the malicous prosecuter. Time for Section 211 which has existed as dead letter for such long time is now to be brought alive . The trends are obvious. for too long and too much have 498a and DP act been allowed to be casue havoc to innocent families   

 

Final words from  the husband of the software Engineer working in Infosys

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After all justice cannot be completely said to be done by merely stopping the prosection . Unless the malicious prosecuters are jailed the blood cancer of of 498a will not be arrested."

 

http://creative.sulekha.com/brides-can-no-longer-commit-crime-of-false-dowry-and-498a-allegations_215877_blog 

False dowry case? Man kills self

False dowry case? Man kills self

Lucknow, February 6 A 30-year-old man, Pushkar Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Jankipuram area of Vikas Nagar, on Wednesday.
In a suicide note, addressed to the Allahabad High Court, Singh alleges that he was framed in a dowry case by his wife Vinita and her relatives, due to which he had to spend time in judicial custody for four months.
The Vikas Nagar police registered a case later in the day.
“During the investigation, if we find it necessary to question Vinita, we will definitely record her statement,” said BP Singh, Station Officer, Vikas Nagar.
Pleading innocence and holding his wife responsible for the extreme step he was taking, Singh’s note states: “I was sent to jail after a false dowry case was lodged against me by Vinita and her family, who had demanded Rs 14 lakh as a compensation. Neither my father nor I had seen such a big amount in our lives. We even sold our house to contest the case.”
According to reports, Singh married Vinita about two years ago and lived in Allahabad since.
Early last year, his wife left him and started living with her family.
A case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 498 (A) (cruelty by husband or relatives of husband) and 504 (intentional insult) was lodged by Vinita and her relatives before she left him.
In the note, Singh wrote he was in the Naini Central Jail from “September 29 to December 24, 2007”.
Shishupal Singh, Singh's brother-in-law, said he was disturbed ever since he released from jail. The court case constantly haunted him.
“After he was bailed out, he was living with his mother, younger sister and a physically-challenged brother in a rented house in Jankipuram.” The family had their own house in Indira Nagar, which was recently sold to meet the legal expenses, he added.
“While he searched for a job, he drove a three-wheeler for a living. A few days ago, he received a notice from the court and since then, he stopped stepping out of the house,” he said.

In the note, Singh further wrote: “I would also like to request Vinita not to harass my family in future. It was my mistake to marry her and I am repenting it by sacrificing my life.”

http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/false-dowry-case-man-kills-self/270124/ 

Court says rape law is being misused by women

Court says rape law is being misused by women

Penal provisions on rape have been misused by some women who develop consensual physical relationship with their lovers and after the breakup file false rape cases to force them to marry them, the Delhi High Court has said.

Justice Kailash Gambhir said rape law was often misused by women as weapon for "vengeance and vendetta" to harass and blackmail their male friends by filing false cases to extort money and to force them to marry them.

"Many of the cases are being reported by those women who have consensual physical relationship with a man but when the relationship breaks due to one reason or the other, the women use the law as a weapon for vengeance and personal vendetta to extort money and sometimes even to force the boy to get married to them," the court said in a recent order.

"Out of anger and frustration, they tend to convert such consensual sex as an incident of rape, defeating the very purpose of the provision," Justice Gambhir said, while hearing a case related to a woman's complaint against her lover in Rani Bagh area July 13, 2012.

The rape complaint was filed against Rohit Chauhan, who was allegedly in a relationship with the woman for three years.

The court said that in many cases the woman first agrees to have consensual sex but she files a rape case against her boyfriend when the relationship breaks up in order to "force him to get married, making not only mockery of the marriage but also inflate the statistics of rape cases".

A trial court must cautiously examine the intentions of a complainant girl to find out whether the rape allegation was genuine or had malafide motives.

"There is a clear demarcation between rape and consensual sex and in cases where such controversies are involved, the court must very cautiously examine the intentions of both the individuals involved and to check if even the girl, on the other hand, is genuine or had malafide motives."

"Cases like these not only make a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage but also inflate the statistics of rape cases which further deprecates our own society," the court said.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/women-misuing-rape-law-marriage-consensual-sex/1/273110.html

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/women-misuing-rape-law-marriage-consensual-sex/1/273110.html

 

 

Bangalore gets 25 divorce cases daily

Bangalore gets 25 divorce cases daily

Marriage to a successful techie, beginning a new life in a new city it seemed like a beautiful dream for Poonam Nath (name changed). But within a year, everything turned bitter and the couple separated. Poonam is not alone. The city sees an average of 25 divorce cases filed every day.

According to a recent survey by the Children's Rights Initiative For Shared Parenting (CRISP), around 13,000 cases of divorce are pending in various family courts in Bangalore. Of these 5,000 were filed in 2008.

"Now, I am staying alone and have managed to get a job in a BPO," said Poonam (23), who is from Kolkata.

"On an average, divorce cases take three to four years to get disposed of in Bangalore," said Kumar Jahgirdar, president of CRISP.

Lawyer Bhavana P said, "Cases get disposed of easily if couples opt for divorce by mutual consent. Some cases are pending because as per matrimonial law a year is given for reconciliation."

Experts vary on the reasons for the rise in divorce rate in Bangalore.

"There are reasons galore for the rise in divorce cases. Urbanisation and increasing violence against women and financial stability of both husband and wife, to name a few," said Dona Fernandes, a member of women rights' group Vimochana.
"Today's empowered women are refusing to follow the traditional diktats of Indian marriages. Marriage is the biggest form of displacement for any woman as she has to shift from her home (natural habitat) to her husband's home.
"It is the wife who is supposed to adjust. But today's financially strong women are not ready to take undue pressure on their individual existence and thus marital discords are bound to increase," said Fernandes.
Echoing the view, marriage counsellor Sujit Kumar says that financial stability is a major cause of rise in divorces.
"The couples do not try to work out the marriage as they are confident they can lead a life independently as both are financially stable," he said.
Psychiatrists are of the view that with stress and long working hours with little time for each other, couples drift apart and end up being separated.
Sanjanthi Sajan, who runs a firm that handles several such cases, says at her firm the basic idea is to stop couples going to court.
"We have counsellors who talk to couples to avoid going for a divorce," said Sajan.
Vishwanath B.N., a city-based advocate who handles divorce cases, says that today's couples do not try to reconcile and are in a hurry to end the marriage.
"There is very little that can be done to save the marriage after it comes to court," he said.

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jul/230709-Bangalore-news-25-divorces-daily-cases-techie-couples.htm

Septuagenarian couple in divorce battle

Septuagenarian couple in divorce battle

HYDERABAD: Marriages, it seems, are not made in heaven. Or so narrates the tale of 75-year old P Ramesh* who has filed for divorce from his wife of 52 years alleging mental agony and also for putting him behind bars on charges of dowry harassment more than three decades after they got married.

Surprisingly, Ramesh mustered enough courage to divorce his 70-year-old wife Sulekha* half a century later last year, saying his marital maladies began on November 11, 1961, the day his marriage was solemnized.

But the family court judge at Purani Haveli has been waiting for Sulekha to file a counter, which has not come so far, court officials said, and Ramesh's long wait for freedom has been delayed by more than a year now.

Sulekha lives alone in the city after she got separated from her husband 14 years ago, but court officials could not say why she has not yet filed a counter, although she was seen at court a few times. The divorce petition says both are 'incompatible'.

The septuagenarians worked in government departments and are both drawing pension and have three sons, who are all employed. Ramesh, in his original petition (OP) said that he could no longer live with Sulekha as she had caused him mental agony by accusing him of having an amorous disposition and had 'banished' him from his house on account of this, a charge he denies.

The allegedly henpecked septuagenarian's pleas for respite from the 'ill-treatment and harassment' at the hands of his wife will be heard on June 21 as the court has called for Sulekha's counsel to file a counter as the court's last attempt to try and save the marriage.

If the respondent still doesn't respond with a counter, the case is likely to be posted directly for evidence in the petition, lawyers said.

In 1999, 38-long years after their marriage, Sulekha had slapped various cases against Ramesh, including dowry harassment under section 498-A, 393 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC for which the XIII metropolitan magistrate had convicted him for six months.

Ramesh still decided not to take the extreme step, but the situation he says has come to such a pass that he has prayed that the marriage be dissolved as soon as possible, and he be awarded costs as the court deems fit.

Ramesh alleges in his petition that Sulekha had an 'ulterior motive' for marrying him in addition to claiming that he had invested in immovable properties, which were purchased in his wife's name. She was not a 'dutiful' wife, he adds in the petition.   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Septuagenarian-couple-in-divorce-battle/articleshow/20302958.cms