Overview
- The Delhi High Court suspended ex-MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s sentence, relying on the 1984 A.R. Antulay precedent to exclude elected representatives from the IPC/POCSO ‘public servant’ definition.
- Women’s groups demonstrated outside the High Court, the Unnao survivor was present under security, and petitions along with a planned CBI challenge have been moved to the Supreme Court.
- In Udaipur, police arrested a company CEO and two others after dashcam audio and medical reports supported an IT manager’s gang-rape complaint, with senior officers seeking remand and probing possible intoxication.
- In Bangladesh’s Rajbari district, Hindu youth Amrit Mondal died after a mob assault, with police calling it crime-related as victims’ advocates dispute that account as communal in nature.
- In Agra, three policemen were suspended and an ACP was transferred after a detainee alleged third‑degree torture that fractured both legs, and human-rights authorities sought a formal report.