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Explore claims publishers have checked about crime & justice. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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FACTLYCrime & justice

Delhi High Court through a judgment has allowed IIT students to rape whoever they want

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The viral post attributed to the Delhi High Court a judgment supposedly allowing IIT students to rape people without being jailed. FACTLY traces the claim to a different court and a specific bail decision: the Guwahati High Court granted bail to an IIT Guwahati student accused of raping a fellow student. The reported incident was on 13 August 2021. The court’s order concerned bail; it did not authorize rape or promise that the accused would not be jailed for committing it. The review says the judgment was wrongly shared as a Delhi High Court decision. The court’s stated reasons, as quoted in the review, included that the investigation was complete and that there was no possibility of the accused tampering with or influencing witnesses if released. The court also referred to both the accused and the alleged victim as talented students and “state’s future assets.” FACTLY reports that media coverage highlighted the comment about the accused’s academic profile while giving less attention to the other bail considerations, helping create a misleading impression of what the court had decided. The review also notes an important qualification: although bail was granted, the court considered there to be a clear prima facie case against the accused. Its conclusion is therefore that the viral post misrepresented the court, location, and meaning of the decision: a bail order by the Guwahati High Court, based on multiple considerations, was turned into a claim that the Delhi High Court had permitted rape.

DIE RHEINPFALZCrime & justice

Hallo. Heute Abend war mein Opa am ZOB, zirka um 7, halb 8. Er wurde von fünf ausländischen Jugendlichen zusammengeschlagen und mit einer Glasflasche geschlagen. Falls ihr das zufällig lesen solltet: ihr solltet euch schämen, sowas Respektloses und Asoziales wie euch hab ich noch nie gesehen. Falls jemand was gesehen hat, wäre es lieb, wenn ihr mir eine Nachricht senden würdet. Danke.

Publisher’s rating: Eine leere Behauptung, die mit keinen Fakten unterlegt wurden. Der Geschädigte erklärte kein Interesse an der Strafverfolgung.

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

Claim: misinformation shared that Justice Anita Sumanth proposed interim injunction

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review examines a social-media post claiming that Justice Anita Sumanth had stayed the Tamil Nadu government’s appointments of priests from different castes. The post cited a court document in case W.P. No. 16287 of 2021 as evidence. The review reports that the government had issued appointment orders on August 14, 2021, and that those appointed had started work at their assigned temples. It also says the post was shared on Facebook on August 23. To check the claim, the review examined the court order reproduced with the post and says it checked the order on the Madras High Court website. The quoted order directs that the case and related applications be listed before the First Division Bench, and that matters concerning priest appointments be placed before that bench. The review explains that the order transferred the case; it did not impose an interim stay on the appointments. The review also cites a Tamil Hindu news report describing the matter as being transferred to the Chief Justice’s bench after the government’s advocate said that only properly trained people were being appointed. It reports asking Madras High Court advocate Kumaradevan about the matter. He said that no interim stay had been issued when the case came before Sumanth on August 8, or when it returned for hearing on August 16, when it was transferred to the Chief Justice’s bench. Taken together, the document and the quoted account distinguish transferring a case between benches from stopping the appointments.

dpaCrime & justice

Bill Gates interrogé avant son procès, après avoir été arrêté et transféré à Guantanamo.

Publisher’s rating: C’est faux. L’auteur du message reproduit une nouvelle publiée sur différents sites, dont un, américain, est ouvertement satirique. Rien n’indique que Bill Gates a été arrêté le 27 juillet et transféré à Guantanamo, où il aurait été interrogé. Le milliardaire américain, en tout cas, demeure très actif sur les réseaux sociaux et continue d’accorder des interviews, sur des sujets qui n’ont rien à voir avec sa prétendue condition de prisonnier.

Vishvas NewsCrime & justice

সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় ভাইরাল হওয়া একটি ভিডিওতে, কিছু লোককে একজন ব্যক্তিকে নির্মমভাবে আক্রমণ করতে দেখা যায়। সাম্প্রদায়িক রঙ দিয়ে ভাইরাল হওয়া এই ভিডিওটি দাবি করা হচ্ছে যে এটি পশ্চিমবঙ্গে বিজেপি কর্মী উত্তম ঘোষের হত্যার।

Publisher’s rating: FALSE