"Nirbhaya" Delhi gang rape and murder: 4 convicts executed 20 Mar 2020 after 7-year legal battle through Sessions Court, Delhi HC, Supreme Court, and President mercy petition rejections

Bilkis Bano Gujarat riots gang rape: 11 convicted 2008; SC upheld conviction 2017; Gujarat govt remission struck down by SC Jan 2024; all 11 convicts back in jail

Kathua gang rape and murder (8-year-old girl, Rasana Kathua): 3 convicted for rape and murder June 2019 (life sentence); 3 more convicted for destruction of evidence

Unnao rape case: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar convicted Dec 2019; sentenced to life imprisonment; victim's family attacked in road accident Jul 2019 orchestrated by Sengar

Hathras gang rape and murder (Dalit victim, 19): UP police forcibly cremated victim at night; 4 accused on trial; CBI chargesheet filed Dec 2020; trial ongoing Allahabad HC

Twisha Sharma dowry death (Bhopal): CBI investigation ongoing; husband Samarth & mother-in-law Giribala Singh (retired judge) arrested; MP HC quashed anticipatory bail

Sister Abhaya murder (Kottayam): Catholic nun found dead in convent well Mar 1992; two priests convicted by CBI court Dec 2020 after 28-year investigation; sentenced to life imprisonment

Kamduni gang rape and murder (West Bengal, 2013): college student gang raped and murdered; 6 convicted 2014; Calcutta HC upheld 3 death sentences 2016; SC hearing pending

Soumya murder (Thrissur, 2011): young woman attacked, robbed and killed on Shoranur–Ernakulam train; Govindachamy convicted; SC commuted death to life 2016

Jisha murder (Ernakulam, 2016): Dalit law student brutally killed; Ameerul Islam convicted 2019 by Kerala HC fast-track court; sentenced to death

Aruna Shanbaug (Mumbai, 1973): KEM Hospital nurse sexually assaulted, strangled with dog chain; in persistent vegetative state 42 years; SC passive euthanasia ruling 2011; passed away 2015

Shakti Mills gang rape (Mumbai, 2013): photojournalist gang raped at abandoned mill; 5 convicted; 3 sentenced to death 2014 under repeat offender provision Sec 376E IPC

Priyadarshini Mattoo murder (Delhi, 1996): law student raped and murdered; IPS officer's son Santosh Kumar Singh acquitted 1999; HC reversed 2006; SC upheld conviction and death sentence commuted to life 2010

Jessica Lal murder (Delhi, 1999): model shot dead; Manu Sharma acquitted by trial court 2006 amid witness tampering; Delhi HC convicted 2006; SC upheld life sentence 2010

Suryanelli gang rape (Kerala, 1996): 16-year-old abducted and raped by 42 accused over 40 days; convictions upheld after multiple trial rounds; Kerala HC acquitted most 2005; SC ordered retrial

Bhanwari Devi rape (Rajasthan, 1992): social worker gang raped by upper-caste men after opposing child marriage; accused acquitted 1995; case led directly to Vishaka guidelines on workplace sexual harassment 1997

Pratibha Srikantamurthy murder (Bangalore BPO, 2005): BPO employee abducted from company cab, raped and murdered; cab driver Shivakumar convicted and hanged 2013

Soumya Vishwanathan murder (Delhi, 2008): TV journalist shot dead while driving home at night; Ravi Kapoor and gang convicted by Delhi HC 2023 after 15-year trial

Pallavi Purkayastha murder (Mumbai, 2012): corporate lawyer stabbed by watchman Sajjad Ahmed Mughal; Bombay HC upheld life sentence 2017; SC dismissed appeal 2022

Rohtak gang rape (Haryana, 2015): teen gang raped in moving car; case fast-tracked; 4 convicted by sessions court 2016; Punjab and Haryana HC upheld sentences