DIGITAL RAPE

Harsh Kumar Sharma, Tanu Sharma, Ishika , Jitesh Sharma,

Apoorva Singh*
Department Of Forensic Science Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur
E-mail: [email protected]

INTRODUCTION CASE STUDYS & CONCLUSION

 The Digital Rape Is Not What Most Of The People Think.
Digital Rape Has Nothing To Do With The Digits , Sharing
Case Study's On Digital Rape :
Private Pictures, Videos. ‘Digital Rape Does Not Relate To
Any Sexual Offence Committed Digitally. Digital Rape Word  Incident No. 1 – Life Imprisonment To A 65 Years Old Man For
Has Created A Fuzz In This Country. Committing Digital Rape On A Three-and-a-half-year-old Girl At
 It However Refers To The Act Of Forcefully Inserting Fingers Salarpur Village Under Noida Sector 39 Police Station In Uttar
Or Toes Inside Another Person Private Part Without The Pradesh. Accused Identified As Akbar Ali Of West Bengal .
Consent.  The Man Was Charged Under The POCSO (Protection Of Children
 Most Of Are Unaware Of This Heinous Crime ,Which Was From Sexual Offence) And Section 375 And Section 376 Of The
Continuously Committed In Front Of Our Constitution , Indian Penal Code (IPC). In 2019,
Because In The Past , It Was Considered Molestation And Not  Ali Came To Salarpur Village In Noida Sector 45 To Visit His Married
Rape. Daughter. During That Time, He Lured The Minor Daughter Of A
Neighbor On The Pretext Of Providing Her Candies. Inside His
House, He ‘Digitally Raped’ The Girl.
 The Girl’s Parents Filed A Written Police Complaint And A Medical
Defination of rape & types Examination Was Done That Confirmed Rape.
 Besides Life Imprisonment, He Has Also Been Slapped With A Fine

 Meaning Of Rape In India :

Of Rs50,000.
 Incident No 2. - A 60-year-old Woman Was Sexually Assaulted By RAPE IS RAPE
An Auto-rickshaw Driver In Delhi, Using An Iron Bar To Penetrate
 By Section 375 Of IPC In Our Constitution Defines Rape As The 60-year-old Passenger Who Was Visiting A Relative's Marriage CONCLUSIONS
"Sexual Intercourse With A Woman Against Her Will, Without Ceremony. The Driver Was Arrested Yet Again But Was Not Charged
Her Consent, By Coercion, Misrepresentation Or Fraud Or At Under Section 376 Of The IPC. After the Nirbhaya rape case, an immediate need was felt
A Time When She Has Been Intoxicated Or Duped Or Is Of  Multiple Loopholes In Section 376 Of The IPC, That Deals With to amend the rape laws in India.
Unsound Mental Health And In Any Case If She Is Under 18 Sexual Offenses, Because Crimes Committed Under Digital Before 2013, digital rape wasn’t incorporated under the
Years Of Age.“ Rape, Which Essentially Involved A "Violation Of A Woman's Dignity definition of rape. But after several heinous rape offenses,
Using Fingers, Foreign Material, Or Any Other Part Of The Human The Supreme Court had to make a few changes to its
 Types Of Rapes In India : Body, Were Not Deemed A Crime Under Any Section." definition of rape, knowing that there are other ways that
a culprit can use to violate a woman or child's dignity.
1. Date Rape: It Is A Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault Where The
Hence, keeping all these cases and heinous instances of
Rapist Intentionally Drugs The Victim With A Date Rape Drug
crime,
To Get Them Incapacitated. It Is A Non- Domestic Rape
Committed By Someone Who Knows The Victim.  The definition of rape was extended in 2013, and rape is
2. Gang Rape : It Refers To A Group Of People Who now defined as “forcefully penetrating a woman's vagina,
Participates In The Rape Of A Single Victim. The Gang Rape mouth, anus, or urethra by a penis, any foreign object, or
Cases That Outraged The Public Are The Nirbhaya Rape any other part of the body.”
Case, The Bilkis Bano Rape Case , Etc. The Perpetrators
Shall Be Punished With Rigorous Imprisonment Of At Least
Ten Years, Which May Even Extend To Life Imprisonment For
The Offenders, Along With A Fine Or Both.
3. Marital Rape: This Rape Is Also Referred To As Spousal
Rape, Which Is Rape Between A Married Or A Living-in
Couple Without One Spousal Consent .
4. Child Rape : It Is A Form Of Child Sexual Abuse. When
Committed By Another Child (Usually Older ) Or Adolescent,
It Is Called Child-on-child Sexual Abuse. POCSO Is The Law
Governing Sexual Assault On Children.
5. Custodial Rape: Section 376 (A) States That Custodial
Rape Occurs When The Rape Is Done By A Man In Whose
Custody The Woman Is. The Men Can Be Any Police
Officers ,Constable Etc. Who Keeps The Women In Custody.
6. Digital Rape : Is The Forceful Penetration Of Fingers ,Toes
Without The Victim Consent And Has Nothing To Do With
Online Crimes. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

we would like to acknowledge Ms. Apoorva Singh

(Assistant Professor at Department of Forensic
Science), Vivekananda Global University for her
guidance and support in our poster.

Popular Myths About Rape

 Myth 1: Women Provoke Rape “How She Dress” Or “Act”
– The Myth Attempts To Excuse Rape By ‘Blaming The Victim’ REFERENCES
And Assumes That A Woman Who Draws Attention Is Looking
For Sex Or ‘Deserves What She Gets’.
 Myth 2 : Rape Occurs Between Strangers In Dark Alleys -
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