POCSO
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tuition teacher gets 5-yr-RI for sexually assaulting minor girl
Hyderabad: A local court in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 11, sentenced a tuition teacher to five year rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. The incident occurred in 2019, when the…
- Telangana
16-year-old delivers baby after intermediate exam in Telangana
Hyderabad: In yet another shocking incident, a 16-year-old intermediate student delivered a baby in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district. The incident came to light on Wednesday, March 4. This is the second incident of…
- India
Priest booked for sexual assault of minor boy in Maharashtra
Jalna: A priest was booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy at a pilgrimage centre in Ghansawangi tehsil in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, a police official said on Sunday, February 22. A…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra: 7-year-old raped, murdered; accused found dead in lake
Amaravati: The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a drum on Tuesday, February 17, after she was allegedly raped and murdered by her neighbour in Madanapalle. The accused was found…
- India
Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually abusing class 5 girl
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the repeated sexual assault of a minor girl. Sentencing Dhondiram Tukaram Bansode, Special…
- India
Cricketer Yash Dayal gets court relief in sexual assault case
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Friday, January 23, granted interim protection from arrest to IPL champion and Royal Challengers Bengaluru fast bowler Yash Dayal in connection with a rape case. Justice…
- India
UP: Police arrest man for kidnapping, molesting 10-year-old schoolgirl
Meerut: Police here have arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping a 10-year-old schoolgirl and molesting her in Meerut district, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday around 10.30…
- India
Court sentences man to life imprisonment in 5-year-old girl’s rape-murder case
Ghaziabad: A special POCSO court sentenced a convict to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1.30 lakh in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2019.…
- India
Gujarat man sentenced to death for brutal rape of 7-year-old
Rajkot: A court in Gujarat’s Rajkot city on Saturday, January 17, sentenced a man to death for raping a seven-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with an iron rod, in a verdict…
- Telangana
Telangana records spike in cybercrime, drunk driving prisoners in 2025
Hyderabad: The Telangana Prisons Department witnessed a total of 42,566 admissions, both male and female, in 2025, reflecting an 11.8 per cent increase compared to 38,079 in 2024, according to the department’s…
- Hyderabad
Crimes against children, women see sharp rise in Hyderabad in 2025
Hyderabad: In a worrying trend, crimes against women and children increased in Hyderabad in 2025, with cases involving women rising by six per cent and offences under the Protection of Children from…
- Hyderabad
Man convicted under POCSO for raping minor girl in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A man has been convicted under the POCSO Act for the rape of a minor girl in Hyderabad. The court has awarded rigorous imprisonment for 25 years to the man and…
- India
NCPCR rescued 2,300 children across India in six months: Official
Itanagar: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has said that in the past six months, it disposed of around 26,000 cases and rescued more than 2,300 children across the…
- India
Tuition teacher gets 3-year RI for sexually assaulting three minor girls
Thane: A Thane court has sentenced a teacher to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting three minor girl students in 2019, saying such an act deserves to be condemned and to…
- Andhra Pradesh
Rape accused jumps into pond, dies in Andhra
Tuni: A 62-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl here in Kakinada district, died after jumping into a pond while in police custody, said police on Thursday. Narayana Rao was arrested…
