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Diseased Piniki Kumari (15) d/o Raghab Paswan is the resident of Koran village, P.S Sahar in Bhojpur District of Bihar. She belongs to Scheduled Caste (Pasi) community and professes Hindu religion. Diseased Piniki Kumari was the student of standard 6th in the village Sahar Middle School. Soharab Alam (18) s/o Mustaf Alam, the Perpetrator from the same village also was studying in the same school. Soharab and Piniki kumari fell in love and they had sexual relation too. Soharab Alam used to insist Pinki to have sex with his friend Mohd Khalik s/o Jannat Hussain, however Pinki opposed to it. Soharab made a plan that she should have sex with his friend Mohd Khalik.
On 13.02.07 at about 10 p.m Phula Devi w/o Mujarik Ram, the resident of the same village requested Pinki to give her accompany in the night because her husband was not at home. In the morning at about 6 a.m Buch Devi, the mother of Pinki went Phula Devi’s house to call Pinki. But Phula Deve said that she does not know about Pinki. Having shocked by her statement Pinki’s mother started searching Pinki. Finally at about 8 a.m she found her dead body lying near by the wheat field, after being. She was gang raped and her throat was slaughtered. On 14.02.07 at about 3.30 p.m complaint was lodged in the Sahar police station and the case was registered u/s 302, 376, 34 IPC. Police arrested Phula Devi w/o Mujarik, Soharab Alam (18) s/o Mustaf Alam and Mohd Khalik s/o Jannat Hussain. SC/ST Act not invoked in FIR. Accused in the jail. Victim did not get compensation. Charge sheet not filed till date
Rekha Vasudeo Ingale (26) is resident of Sawaner village under Nandgaon Khandeshwar Tahsil, in Amravati Dist., belongs to scheduled caste community. On 10/02/2007, Rekha went to a well of accused to fetch water. On her way back the accused came from her back, caught hold her breast with both hands and molested. The victim screamed out for help. On hearing, the women who came to fetch water, rushed to the spot to rescue her but the accused escaped.
A case was registered in Nandgaon police station on 26/04/2007 against the accused as No. 09/07, u/s 354,342,506 IPC & 3(1)(xi) SC/ST (PoA) Act. The case was investigated by Deputy Superintendent of Police. Charge sheet in the case is filed on 17/05/2007. Case is under trial. The accused person arrested but bailed out. Now the victim is under threat and harassed to compromise the case. Compensation to victim granted. Case was compromised & perpetrator acquitted.
Case in Brief
Bula Shanthamma, aged 26 years, W/o Nageswara Rao, R/o D.No.17-28-3, Seethampeta, Jammindarimetta, Rajahmundry, SC Mala by caste is the opposing party to Venkataramana and Raju in a previous case. On 07-02-07 the victim has come out to get tea from the hotel. Venkataramana and Raju and others came on motorcycle. They obstructed her on the way and beat her black and blue, torn her blouse and abused her in the in the name of caste using filthy language saying her as “Maala Lanja”. They threatened her that they would kill her children and her as they had spend Rs. 10, 000/- for bail in the previous case because of her.
Sheera Ramana and her husband Ramulu, Rajahmundry Laxmi and her husband Apparao, Allu Varalaxmi and her husband Thatha Rao, Padala Vijaya Laxmi and her husband Subbi Reddy, Jangam Ramadevi and her husband Ramesh, Vaddi Kumari and her husband Suresh Kumar, Devara Mahalaxmi, Mapati Sathyawathi and her husband Veera Raghavulu witnessed the entire incident.
They helped the victim to escape from the accused and warned the accused to stop their attack on the victim. The accused left the place still abusing the victim. The victim lodged a complaint in the Police Station and an FIR is registered bearing No. 335 / 06 U/s 354 of IPC. The accused is arrested and is under remand.
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Case in Brief
Govindamma is married. The accused is a political party leader. The accused asked the victim to maintain extra-marital relation with him, but she refused. With the help of another woman, he made the victim come to his house at around 05:00 pm. Since then he raped her thrice till 11:00 pm. The victim managed to escape and reached her home. The woman who helped the accused robbed the ornaments of the victim.