13-year-old Tamil Nadu student allegedly gang-raped by three school teachers; Accused arrested
Krishnagiri: In a disturbing incident, a high school student was allegedly gang-raped by three government school teachers in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district. The incident has led to outrage by the student's family, demanding immediate and strict action against the accused teachers.
The girl had been absent from school for over a month, and when the principal inquired about her absence, the mother disclosed the alleged assault. Following the revelation, the principal asked her to file a police complaint and report the incident to the District Child Protection Officer.
Police sources told Times of India that one of the teachers had first raped the 13-year-old student. The other two later came to know about it and all three of them again raped the girl.
The girl's family, relatives and residents of the area came out in public on Wednesday and demanded action against the teachers involved. They dispersed after the SP assured them that the culprits would face strict consequences.
The girl was taken to Krishnagiri Government Medical College and Hospital for a medical examination. Collector S. Dinesh Kumar told TOI that the girl was not pregnant, adding "the claim that the girl had an abortion is false". He mentioned that the girl is receiving mental health support from psychiatrists and psychologists.
All three accused have been arrested, and a case has been filed against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, based on the complaint by the girl's mother.
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Allahabad HC sets aside maintenance order in favour of earning wife, says she didn't tell truth
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has set aside a lower court order mandating a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, observing that she earns her living and did not reveal the true salary in her affidavit.
Justice Madan Pal Singh also allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the man, Ankit Saha.
"A perusal of the impugned judgment indicates that in the affidavit filed before the trial court, the opposite party herself admitted that she is a post-graduate and a web designer by qualification. She is working as a senior sales coordinator in a company and getting a salary of Rs 34,000 per month," the court said in the December 3 order.
"But in her cross-examination, she has admitted that she was earning Rs 36,000 per month. Such an amount for a wife who has no other liability cannot be said to be meagre; whereas the man has the responsibility of maintaining his aged parents and other social obligations," it observed.
The high court observed that the woman was not entitled to get any maintenance from her husband "as she is an earning lady and able to maintain herself".
The man's counsel argued in court that the estranged wife did not reveal the whole truth in the affidavit.
"She claimed herself to be an illiterate and unemployed woman. When the document filed by the man was shown to her before the trial court, she admitted her income during cross-examination. Thus, it is clear that she did not come before the trial court with clean hands," the counsel submitted.
The court, in its order, said, "Cases of those litigants who have no regard for the truth and those who indulge in suppressing material facts need to be thrown out of the court."
It impugned the lower court's February 17 judgment and order, passed by the principal judge of a family court in Gautam Buddh Nagar and allowed the criminal revision petition filed by the man.
