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Delhi High Court raps media houses for revealing Kathua gang rape victim's identity, says pay Rs 10 lakh each

Delhi High Court raps media houses for revealing Kathua gang rape victim's identity, says pay Rs 10 lakh each

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The Court will transfer the amount to J&K victims compensation fund.

Delhi High Court has ordered media houses who had revealed the identity of Kathua rape case victim and to whom notices were issued to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the court.

According to ANI, the Court will transfer the amount to J&K victims compensation fund.

On April 13, Delhi Court had issued notices to media houses for leaking the identity of the 8-year old girl, who was gang-raped in Kathua district, in Jammu & Kashmir.

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The High Court, in its notices to media houses, had sought their response as to why no action should be taken against them.

The Court also said that anyone who discloses rape victim's identity can be imprisoned for 6 months.

Next date of hearing in the case is on April 25.

The girl from the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community had disappeared from near her home in the forests next to her village in Kathua, 90 km from here, on January 10.

A week later, her body was found in the same area.

The state police Crime Branch, which probed the case, filed the main charge sheet against seven accused persons and a separate charge sheet against a juvenile in a court in Kathua district earlier this week.

The charge sheet revealed chilling details about how the girl was allegedly kidnapped, drugged, raped inside a place of worship before being killed.

(With inputs from Agencies)