POCSO Act
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Auto driver gets 20 years prison for raping minor
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad court convicted a 26-year-old auto driver for aggravated sexual assault against a minor girl under his care, sentencing him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, a Rs 42,000 fine…
- Telangana
Telangana minor girl raped by cousin attempts suicide, dies later
Hyderabad: A minor who was allegedly raped by her cousin and threatened with dire consequences if she revealed it, consumed pesticide in a bid to end her life on December 8, 2025.…
- India
Man held for molesting, extorting Rs 50,000 from schoolgirl in Thane
Thane: A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting and extorting Rs 50,000 from a 15-year-old schoolgirl over six months in Thane city, police said on Wednesday, March 4. Accused Prathamesh…
- India
Minor’s sexual assault ‘heinous’, says Thane court; sentences man to 10-year RI
Thane: A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2021, observing the crime was “heinous” and deserved no…
- India
FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand under POCSO Act
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged in Prayagraj against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple Mukundanand Brahmachari over allegations of sexual abuse of two persons, including a minor, over the past year, including…
- India
UP: Couple sentenced to death for sexual exploitation of 33 minor boys
Banda: In a landmark verdict, a special court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday, February 20, sentenced a former junior engineer of the Irrigation Department and his wife to death for the…
- India
POCSO case accused escapes from Kerala court before sentencing
Kollam: A POCSO case accused slipped away from the court premises minutes before he was sentenced to a cumulative 23 years for abducting a minor girl from Assam and sexually assaulting her,…
- India
Probe into father-daughter deaths in Kochi intensifies
Kochi: The investigation into the deaths of a six-year-old girl and her father in Elamakkara was intensified after an autopsy report revealed the child had been sexually assaulted prior to her death…
- India
MP: Class 11 girl raped, blackmailed, forced to convert, 2 held
Bhopal: The police on Thursday, February 12, arrested two men for allegedly raping a minor Class 12 girl multiple times, filming the crime, and extorting money from her. The accused, Osaf Ali…
- India
Escaped jail inmate recaptured after encounter in UP’s Kannauj: Police
Kannauj: An inmate who had escaped from the Kannauj district jail earlier this month was arrested on Sunday, January 18, after he was injured in a police encounter, a senior police officer…
- India
National shooting team coach coerced minor to hotel room, sexually assaulted her: FIR
New Delhi: The national shooting team coach, Ankush Bhardwaj, was suspended by the shooting federation on Thursday, January 8, after a minor shooter accused him of sexually assaulting her during the National…
- India
Forcing happily-married couple to face trial would be irony of fate: HC
Prayagraj: Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an “irony…
- Kerala
Kerala couple sentenced 180 years for sexual assault of daughter
Kerala: A couple in Kerala’s Manjeri area of Malappuram district were sentenced to 180 years of imprisonment each for repeated sexual assault of a minor girl by a Special Protection Of Children…
- Telangana
Telangana govt school attender held for sexual assault of minors
Hyderabad: The Karimnagar police on Tuesday, October 28, arrested an attendant of a government school for sexually assaulting and harassing minor students. The accused was identified as 30-year-old Mohammed Yakub Pasha. According…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP leader arrested for molesting school girl in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: A senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, Tatik Narayana Rao, was arrested in Tuni of Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Rao, posing…
