US Edition‘Shameful, Insensitive’: Supreme Court Raps Haryana Police over Probe Into 3-Year-Old's Rape in Gurgaon, SIT Formed
The Supreme Court removed Gurugram police from the case, citing attempts to protect the accused and ordered a women-led SIT as a new probe begins.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reprimanded Haryana Police for 'shameful' handling of a child rape case in Gurugram, constituting a three-member Special Investigation Team of women IPS officers to probe the incident.
- The Court noted prima facie evidence of 'aggravated penetrative sexual assault' under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, yet police registered the case under Section 10, a lesser offense mandating only 10 years imprisonment.
- Bench members Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul Pancholi stated authorities made 'all-out attempts' to 'protect the accused' and criticized the police practice of summoning the child to the station as 'insensitive.'
- The Supreme Court ordered Gurugram Police to transfer case records by Thursday, March 26, 2026, while issuing show-cause notices to police officials and the Gurugram Child Welfare Committee regarding their conduct.
- To ensure impartial proceedings, the Court assigned the case to a senior female judicial officer in a POCSO court and questioned the academic qualifications of current Child Welfare Committee members.
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‘Shameful, insensitive’: Supreme Court raps Haryana Police over probe into 3-year-old's rape in Gurgaon, SIT formed
The top court issued show cause notices to officials of Gurugram Police and asked them why action should not be taken against them for shoddy investigation in the case
Gurugram rape case: Supreme Court criticises Haryana Police’s insensitive handling of four-year-old child’s rape case
Supreme Court mandates swift action and oversight in the sensitive case, forming a SIT while condemning the Haryana Police’s failure to adequately protect and assist the young survivor
As if victim is a table: Supreme Court blasts cops over lapses in minor rape case
The Supreme Court sharply criticised the Gurugram Police for their handling of a rape case involving a four-year-old girl, saying the survivor was left deeply traumatised by a “careless and insensitive” investigation.
SC forms SIT, slams Haryana Police for insensitive probe into rape of 4-year-old girl in Gurugram
The top court issued show cause notices to officials of Gurugram Police and asked them why action should not be taken against them for shoddy investigation in the case. 'Why cannot the police go to the victim's house? The one who went was arrested on corruption charges,' the top court said.
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