A mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed in Uttar Pradesh late on Friday after they jumped off a speeding truck while resisting a sexual assault by the driver, police said on Saturday.

A man was tied to an electric pole and beaten to death allegedly by his wife and three in-laws after a tiff in Muradpura area.

A Sessions Court on Friday awarded capital punishment to a person convicted in a case of kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl last year. Mohammad Mustafa (45) kidnapped a 16-year old girl and later raped and killed her on September 29 last year, prosecution said.

Son of a SP leader was sentenced to life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs one lakh was also imposed on him by a local court for raping a minor girl.

Two persons on Thursday have been sentenced to life imprisonment and five others were awarded seven years of jail term by a local court here for rape and murder of a minor girl.

Against the backdrop of December 16 Delhi gang rape, a Parliamentary panel has recommended that mercy petitions should generally not be considered in cases of rape and murder and reasons for any grant of pardon should be made public.

A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped on December 16 last year and died of her injuries two weeks later.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday reiterated his demand for stringent punishment to those accused in rape cases.

A man cannot be prosecuted for rape if he has sexual relationship with a woman with the intention to marry her but the wedlock could not take place due to some circumstances, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

In a gruesome incident, a seven-year old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by her cousin at Malhagarh town in the neighbouring Mandsaur district, the police said on Tuesday.