Mumbai: Woman allegedly gang-raped, attacked with sharp weapon
Mumbai (PTI): A 42 year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons who entered her home, attacked her with a sharp weapon and gave her burn injuries on her private parts with cigarettes, a Mumbai police official said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Kurla in the early hours of Wednesday, the official said, adding the accused and victim stay in the same locality.
"The accused raped her one by one and also performed unnatural sex. They singed her private parts with cigarettes and attacked her with a sharp weapon on the chest and both arms. One of the accused videoed the incident and threatened to circulate it if she approached police," he said.
The woman narrated her ordeal to neighbours, who got in touch with an NGO and an FIR was registered, the Kurla police station official said.
The trio has been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 376D (gang rape), 377 (unnatural sex), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon) and other offences and efforts were on to nab them, he said.
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Supreme Court upholds non-disclosure of EVM source code, citing potential misuse
New Delhi: In a recent hearing regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records, the Supreme Court reiterated its stance against the disclosure of EVM source codes, citing concerns over potential misuse.
The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, called for clarifications from an Election Commission official during the proceedings. Senior Advocate Santhosh Paul, representing one of the petitioners, raised the issue of disclosing EVM source codes. However, Justice Khanna firmly rejected the idea, stating, "Source code should never be disclosed...it will become a problem...people will then try and misuse it."
Previously, a public interest litigation (PIL) had sought an independent audit of EVM source codes, arguing for transparency in the electoral process. However, the PIL was dismissed by a bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in November 2023.
