Author: Mohammad Omar Hashmi

The Andhra Pradesh High Court while upholding the judgment of the trial court held that mere penetration with male genitalia or with any other object is enough for committing penetrative sexual assault.  Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy further interpreting Section 3 of the POCSO Act observed that semen discharge is not essential for constituting penetrative sexual assault. Thus, the court held that if the semen is not found at the time of examination of the rape survivor, it does not imply that the sexual assault on the victim is not committed. Even without ejaculation of semen, if the evidence on record shows…

A day after Gangster turned politician, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead in the presence of U.P. Police, a petition was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court seeking a CBI investigation into the matter. The plea has been moved by retired IPS officer Amitabh Thakur seeking the direction of the Apex Court to the State of Uttar Pradesh transferring the 3-respondents, Sunny Singh, Lovlesh Tiwari and Arun Maurya from the custody of U.P. Police to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Furthermore, the Petitioner has also sought a probe by a judicial committee looking directly into the…