Scholar gets 5 yr RI for raping lover 21 May, 2007 l 2033 hrs ISTlPTI NEW DELHI: A Ph.D scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), charged with raping his girlfriend after intoxicating her four years ago, has been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a court here. Taking strong exception to conduct of Gufran Mustafa, then pursuing Ph.D from the elite university, Additional Sessions Judge S P Garg said, "the prosecutrix was honest enough to admit the fact of her having established physical relations with the accused prior to the incident. However, the said relations were made with her free consent and he had no license to violate her privacy as and when he wished".
Relying on the well-corroborated testimony of the 20-year-old victim, the judge refused aspersions on her character caste by the defence, saying "Mustafa was a student doing his Ph.D. The acts of establishing physical relationship with the prosecutrix prior to the incident can equally be a reflection on his character also". The court, in a recent order, declined the suggestion that the accused was roped in the false case by the victim's father as Mustafa had refused to marry his daughter and said that no father could stoop so low as to bring forth a false charge of rape on his unmarried daughter with a view to taking revenge. "The defence plea defies human probabilities," it said, noting that the negotiations for marriage between the two had broken much before the incident and no other ulterior motive behind implicating him could be proved. Mustafa, who after completion of his Ph.D from JNU had opened a cyber cafe at the gate of the campus, had a steady relation with the victim until he along with a friend had on October 12, 2002 ravished her after administering some stupefying substance, the prosecution had alleged. Mustafa had the next day allegedly called up the girl's sister asking to take her home from Ramlila Ground here. An FIR was lodged with the Vasant Vihar Police Station on October 17 that year, accusing him and his friend of raping the victim. He was arrested the next day along with the co-accused, who was acquitted by the court later as the victim refused to identify him as the other offender. The defence had also raised doubt on the credibility of the girl's deposition in view of delay of five days in lodging an FIR but the court denied acceding to the plea and observed that she had sufficiently explained the reasons for delay and there was nothing to disbelieve her explanation. The prosecution proved its case against Mustafa with the help of 16 witnesses, including the victim's parents and her sister, who was regarded as the eye-witness as she had taken her sister home just after the fateful incident
RE:Muslim(Gufran Mustafa) accused for Raping a girl
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Dhongi Baba - Budda Khoosath
21 May, 2007 l 1210 hrs
80-year-old Indian priest accused of rape in T&T
PORT-OF-SPAIN: A senior Hindu missionary from India, whose trips here attract hordes of visitors including ministers, has been charged with raping a young woman at his centre in south Trinidad. The 85-year-old swami, who is from a prominent Hindu organisation in India, was charged Sunday evening with raping a 22-year old woman at his centre in south Trinidad. She had gone to seek spiritual assistance and guidance from the swami when she was raped, according to police officials in the city of San Fernando. Doctors who examined the woman said she was a virgin. The swami, whose name is being withheld pending his appearance in a court on Monday, has been visiting this oil-rich republic for several years now. His last visit was in June 2005. Whenever he comes to Trinidad there is always an avalanche of believers to see him. They think he can cure social, marital and financial problems. His guests have included government ministers, top corporate executives and senior religious leaders. The incident is likely to cause consternation among the 24 percent of diehard Hindus, as well as among the non-Hindus and Christians who always revere the spiritual luminaries visiting here. Out of Trindiad and Tobago's one million population, about 40 percent is of Indian origin. These include Christians, Hindus and Muslims. Legal representatives for the swami are calling for a speedy hearing of the case.
