New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS): A case was filed against Zee News channel Friday for revealing the identity of the Dec 16 rape victim tby carrying an interview of her friend, police said.
"A case under Section 228-A of the Indian Penal Code was filed against Zee News at police station Vasant Vihar," said Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Section 228A (Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc) lays penalty of a jail term extending to two years for those who "prints or publishes the name or any matter which may make known the identity" of any rape victim.
The channel had Friday telecast the first-ever interview of the friend of the 23-year-old physiotherapist trainee. The channel also identified him as Avaindra Pratap Pandey.
The young woman was tortured and gang-raped by six men in the moving bus on Dec 16. She was stripped, robbed and then thrown off the bus by the roadside along with her friend on the cold December night. She died in a Singapore hospital Dec 29.
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Ganesh, mangalore
Sat, Jan 05 2013We Indian must follow Indian Law.
nobody is above the law.
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CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI
Sat, Jan 05 2013@NAGESH NAYAK,BANGALORE
ITALY PEOPLE NOT CAME INDIA TO VOTE ITALY LED CONGRESS GOVT.IN INDIA ITSELF LIKE YOU AND ME VOTED SONIA GANDHI TO POWER.AND SHE SACRIFICED PM POST.SUCH NOBODY WILL DO IN THE WORLD.SHE IS BRAVE LADY...!
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Zahoor Ahmed, Karkala
Sat, Jan 05 2013Dear Nagesh, What about togadia, modi , mutalik ..................Why they are roaming free....
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nagesh nayak, bangalore
Sat, Jan 05 2013THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY IN INDIA.
DYNASTY RULE UNDER ITALIN LED CONGRESS.
DOUBLE STANDARDS FOLLOWED IN IDNIA:
ANY CRIME, RAPES,GANGRAPES,SCAMS ETC.. UNDER THE RULE OF ITALIAN LED CONGRESS & CONECTED TO ITALIAN LED CONGRESS SHOULD NOT BE TELECAST BUT 24X7 TELECAST SHOULD GO ON AGAINST BJP , HINDUIAM UNNECESARILY.
VARUN GANDHI SPEECH WAS TELECAST , JAILED HIM BUT AKBARUDDIN IS ENJOYING IN LONDOAN AFTER MAKING HATE SPEECH & NO ACTION AGAINST HIM.
BECOZ THEY LOOSE VOTES OF MINORITIES.
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Praveen, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 05 2013Good move. Already Zee channel is in trouble for extortion case.
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