The Delhi High court on Tuesday declared that the virginity test conducted on a female detainee, accused under investigation, or in custody, whether judicial or police, is unconstitutional and in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution which includes right to dignity.
Officials said that the accused, identified as Vikram Jeet Singh, a resident of Mehrauli, has been arrested by Vasant Vihar Police station.
He was produced before the court and sent to Judicial custody on Friday. "The role of other persons is being verified," they said.
Delhi's Rohini court on Monday extended the judicial custody of five accused for further 14 days in the Kanjhawala death case. Two of the seven accused have been granted bail in the matter.
Delhi's Saket court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of Aftab Amin Poonawala for the next 14 days in the Shraddha murder case. He was produced physically before the judge in the lock-up on the court premises.
Rohini Court in the national capital on Monday granted 14 days of judicial custody of all the six accused in the Kanjhawala death case in which a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death by a car on January 1.
A Special CBI Court has extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his associate Arpita Mukherjee till February 7 in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment 'scam'.
The Patiala House Court of Delhi has granted regular bail to Mohd Manan Dar, a Kashmir-based photojournalist booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), who was in judicial custody since October 22, 2021.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Jaipur on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of all accused, involved in the gruesome killing of Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur district by two assailants on June 28, last year.