acid attack case

The high court has upheld the life term of two men in a 2014 'acid attack' case and awarded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a woman who has been left with "severe deformity of her face, including loss of almost complete vision in her left eye".

The Bombay high court on Monday disposed of a petition filed by the father of 24-year-old Priti Rathi, who was killed in an acid attack case last year, seeking CBI probe, after it was informed that the accused person has been arrested and charged.

Delhi high court on Monday sought to know from the Delhi State Legal Services Authority, the method it uses to determine compensation for acid attack survivors.

The Union home ministry has asked all states and Union territories to ensure quicker investigation of acid attack cases, leading to the timely arrest and trial of perpetrators under the new, stringent provisions of the criminal law.

Seventy cases of acid attacks were reported in Odisha between 2011 and 2019, an NGO providing relief to the survivors said.

Expressing concern over increasing number of acid attacks, Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday stated that the court intends to fast-track all such cases pending before subordinate courts.

A sessions court is likely to hear film the acid attack case today. Film professional Jerrit John, accused for attempting murder of his ex girlfriend, had filed a discharge application on the charge in a sessions court.

A developer is emerging as one of the key accused in the acid attack case on estate agent Doodhnath Verma.

With the detention of three persons, Gurgaon police has claimed to have solved Palam Vihar acid attack case.

The CBI team has started investigation into the case of acid attack on three minor girls in Rohtak.

Delhi police has prepared a chargesheet against the four accused, including two juveniles, who were involved in the acid attack on a woman doctor in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden in December last year.

A day after Delhi High Court said that an acid attack was "among the most grievous crimes in contemporary society", survivors of such assaults demanded that the government ensure fast-track courts heard these cases.

A sessions court is likely to hear film the acid attack case soon. Film professional Jerrit John, accused for attempting murder of his ex girlfriend , had filed a discharge application on the charge in a sessions court.

John (35) is currently lodged in Arthur Road jail, after being arrested for allegedly hurling a chemical on his 26-year-old ex-girlfriend, physiotherapist Aryanka Hosbetkar, at her Worli residence in November last year.

A railway crime branch team has reached Delhi to make inquiries in the Preeti Rathi acid attack case even as the process of the CBI taking over the probe is in its final stages.

Even a day after two girls and a man were injured in an acid attack, the Mohali police are yet to nab the accused. Swatika, Rakesh Ricky and Shefali were injuried when two youths on motorcycle threw acid on the trio near Chawla petrol pump in Daun village nearKharar.

The Union home ministry has asked all states and Union territories to ensure quicker investigation of acid attack cases, leading to the timely arrest and trial of perpetrators under the new, stringent provisions of the criminal law.

The city crime branch formed a special investigation team (SIT) on Friday to probe the acid attack case at Bandra Terminus in May which led to the death of the victim, Preeti Rathi, a Delhi resident.

Former minister Pramila Mallick's brother Khirod Chandra Mallick was remanded in judicial custody on Thursday for his alleged involvement in an acid attack on a man in Bhubaneswar's Mancheswar area in October 2011.