Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 1 (ANI): Juvenile Justice Board in Hyderabad pronounced that four of the five children in conflict with the law in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case could be tried as adults, on Friday.
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): The 10-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted allegedly by three boys in the Seelampur area of the national capital succumbed to his injuries, police said on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 9 (ANI): To ensure maximum punishment for all the accused in May 28 gangrape case in Hyderabad, the state police on Thursday informed that commissioner CV Anand will be urging the Juvenile Justice Board to conduct a trial against accused by considering them as adults and not minors.
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has granted bail to a minor detained in the case connected with the Jahangirpuri violence on Hanuman Jayanti. The minor was booked by the Delhi Police in the matter related to unlawful assembly and rioting, causing hurt including other sections.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Delhi Police will conduct a 'bone age test' of a minor who had been apprehended in connection with the Jahangirpuri violence case, according to sources.
Srinagar Feb 22 PTI Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday filed two separate charge sheets against three accused including a juvenile in the recent acid attack on a woman in downtown city officials said While a 1000-page charge sheet against the two adults was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate the other was submitted before the Juvenile Justice Board with the police making a plea for treating the juvenile as an adult because of the heinous nature of the crime the officials said They said the charge sheets were filed within three weeks of the incident to ensure swift and exemplary punishment to the accused and to deter those who may be having such barbaric tendencies On February 1 a man accompanied by a juvenile allegedly threw acid on a 24-year-old woman after she rejected his marriage proposal an incident that shook entire Srinagar and drew widespread condemnation from across society After initial treatment in Srinagar the victim was sent to a Chennai eye hospital for specialised treatment The officials said the accused Sajad Ahmad and Mohd Saleem and the juvenile were charged under sections 120-B criminal conspiracy and 326-A voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid of the IPC Earlier Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar had told PTI that the investigation is nearly complete and they would soon conclude the process by filing a charge sheet in this case He had appealed to girls and their parents to inform the police at an early stage if any miscreant is stalking or harassing them so that action can be taken Giving a rundown of the probe into the incident Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar Rakesh Balwal a 2012-batch IPS officer from Manipur had said As we received the information about the incident a special team was immediately constituted and we were able to nab the culprits within 24 hours of the shocking incident In her police statement the woman gave details of the clothes worn by the accused A police team rushed to the residence of the accused and found those clothes concealed in a bed cavity he said Initially the main accused gave wishy-washy answers to police on the procurement of sulfuric acid After he finally named the shop from where he got the acid it was sealed for violating the Supreme Court guidelines on the storage and sale of acids The main accused tried to mislead us on the procurement of acid claiming that he had taken it out from the battery of his inverter at home but a search conducted at his residence negated his theory Finally he gave us the name of his friend who used to work in a repair shop and our police team nabbed him too said Balwal who was recently appointed as SSP Srinagar and has worked on various cases in Jammu and Kashmir including the Pulwama terror attack during his stint with the National Investigation Agency The police accessed CCTV footage from shops around the area where the incident took place to nail the culprits in the case he said PTI SKL RT RT
New Delhi Feb 20 PTI Wearing fresh uniforms young kids looked about excitedly at their newly renovated creche at the Mandoli womens prison here when it reopened after a long hiatus imposed due to COVID-19 Dropped off by their mothers at 9 am the little ones are eager to meet their friends and teacher after a long time and they are as enthusiastic about playing with new toys at the creche-cum-playschool which was set up when the prison was established in 2017 Officials at Mandoli Jail no 16 said that as coronavirus cases came down and restrictions were removed in the outside world the prison authorities also decided to open the creche again for children They said that all activities were suspended in the prison earlier due to the pandemic and even NGOs and welfare organisations were not allowed access This impacted the youngsters as they could not attend their classes the officials said When PTI visited the playschool the kids danced with their friends as a music system blared out their favourite songs and animatedly introduced themselves to this correspondent They pointed out their toys two of which they have named Patlu and Moto The two-room creche is painted in bright welcoming colours and walls are adorned with vivid paintings and posters in a stark contrast to the rest of the jail premises where the mothers of these children are inmates The officials said this was part of the new renovation carried out by the BYPL which also provided 10 cots and new toys for all the 10 children who are part of it Sandeep Goel Director General Delhi Prisons said We try to provide a positive and free environment to the children living in this jail along with their mothers who are inmates here The creche provides them a learning and play area The officer said that once these children are six years of age and have to leave jail they are sent to educational institutions with the help of NGOs or through the order of the Juvenile Justice Board The jail officials said children in the age group 2-6 years attend the playschool where they are taught a special curriculum set up by an NGO run by former Puducherry lieutenant governor LG Kiran Bedi India Vision Foundation The curriculum known as Nanni Pari is a holistic course structure which involves physical mental socio-emotional and creative activities that focus on training children in language right from the beginning they said They spend the day learning new things using play tools From plays to rhymes and poems to alphabets in Hindi and English they are trained by inmates who work in shifts They also have a number of colouring books and slides The creche closes at 4 pm Students are provided five pairs of uniform for each day of their classes from Monday to Friday the officials said adding that their uniforms are washed on the same day to maintain hygiene The children are provided a healthy diet which is rich in proteins and includes fruits sprouts along with seasonal vegetables Children younger than two years do not attend the creche as they need their mothers care 24X7 at that age they added Jail Superintendent Mandoli Jail no 16 Anita Dayal said they wanted kids to have pleasant memories of their childhood like any child living beyond these walls We enable this through our small setup through the creche being run by jail staff aided by NGOs and CSR project of companies All efforts become worthwhile when you see these little faces smiling she told PTI Tulika Kiran from India Vision Management takes classes for children at alternate days at Mandoli and at Tihar prison on the remaining days She was also in BBCs list of 100 inspirational and influential women of 2017 The inmates who teach the children have been trained by mobile creches of the NGO They have taught the children about coronavirus and the measures required to safeguard themselves Corona is bad We have to keep ourselves safe from the infection and always wash our handsWe also have to maintain distance from each other chant the students seriously One of the inmates taking classes is a BA graduate who has worked as a teacher at a playschool before She is in jail along with her family since 2013 in connection with a case of murder She is assisted at the creche by an inmate who is a Nigerian national and was arrested under the NDPS Act after landing at the airport in India The first inmate says teaching is her passion and it motivated her to teach at the creche here I have a passion for teaching so given an opportunity I thought I should work here The jail staff is very encouraging Teaching these children I have become more skilled as I have undertaken many trainings here This keeps me occupied and spending time with kids I feel positive and peaceful she said A 32-year-old inmate whose two children aged 3 and 4 years attend the creche said that this was a happy place was her children They get an opportunity to learn here and will not be behind others when they leave prison With the help of the jail staff and their facilities my two older children who left the prison earlier are studying in a school outside she said PTI AMP AAR
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 14 (ANI): A 15-year-old girl died by suicide after allegedly being eve-teased and harassed by a teenage boy at Walchandnagar in Pune, said police on Thursday.