Updated Feb 21, 2021 | 16:53 IST
The court convicted the milkman of selling adulterated milk under Section 7/16 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. After 20 years, court hands out 6-month jail term to milkman booked for adulteration in UP [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 on the convict.
Lucknow: A man, who was booked for selling adulterated milk 20 years ago, was convicted in the case and sentenced to six-month rigorous imprisonment by a court in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
To pronounce the sentence, the judiciary took two decades from the time the case reached its doorstep. The court in Badaun held the milkman, identified as Rehmat, guilty of selling adulterated milk under Section 7/16 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and sentenced him to six-month rigorous imprisonment. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 on the convic
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 23:05 IST
The husband of the woman, who was allegedly gang-raped and left to die in Budaun, was referred to a mental hospital in Bareilly. he other family members managed to bring the man inside but he started banging his head on the wall (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: BCCL
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The man is suffering from post-traumatic shock
Bareilly: The husband of the Budaun gang-rape victim was referred to a mental hospital on Tuesday as he was unable to cope with the trauma. The man was referred to the hospital in Bareilly after his condition deteriorated.
The man s son-in-law said that he (the victim s husband) was asleep in his room on Monday afternoon when he woke up suddenly and started screaming.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 15:01 IST
National Commission for Women member Chandramukhi Devi had visited the village of the 50-year-old gang-rape victim in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday slammed NCW member Chandramukhi Devi for her remark a day earlier that the gang rape and murderous assault on a woman in Badaun would not have happened if she had not stepped out alone in the evening or if she were accompanied by a child. Do you think that women s safety will be ensured after this kind of statement? The NCW member is blaming the victim for the crime. The administration is upset how the post-mortem report got leaked; in Moradabad, a victim is battling for her life. Women will not forgive this kind of treatment, the Congress leader said.