Tag: acid

Illegal acid sale spikes attacks on city women

Source: indiatoday.in In 2013, the Supreme Court banned over-thecounter sale of acid. Only authorised outlets can sell the volatile liquid provided buyers produce proper identity proof and transaction details are sent to the police within three days, the judges had said in the landmark order aimed at curbing the rising cases of acid attacks on

Preeti Rathi acid attack case: Bombay High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment

Source:- indiatoday.in he Bombay high court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to the murderer of Preethi Rathi, who had been attacked with acid in 2013, to life imprisonment. The division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Prakash D Naik, while reading out the judgement in their chamber, upheld the conviction of 25-yr-old

High court directs aid to acid attack victim

Source:- telegraphindia.com Guwahati, Feb. 25: Gauhati High Court has asked Kamrup (metro) district legal service authority to pay Rs 1 lakh to Nishamoni Borah, an acid attack victim, after she and North East Network (NEN), an NGO here, moved the court recently seeking compensation and speedy disposal of the case. The high court issued the