POCSO Act
- Delhi
Delhi HC: Personal law no bar to POCSO trial of minor’s husband
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed a man to face trial under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for having sexual relations with his minor wife, ruling…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 20-year RI for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A local court in Hyderabad sentenced a man to 20 years in rigorous imprisonment on Tuesday, September 22, for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2018. The convict was identified as…
- India
Jamui harassment case: Priyanka, Tejashwi, PK slam NDA govt
Patna: The recent molestation of a minor girl in Jamui district of Bihar on Tuesday, September 22, drew flak from leaders of parties opposed to the ruling NDA like Congress general secretary…
- India
Delhi teen raped, stabbed, body eaten by dogs; 3 minors held
New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped, stabbed over six times, and dumped in an open field by four people, including three minors, after she went with them in a tempo,…
- India
Delhi court reserves order on bail plea of Swatantra Bhardwaj
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday, September 14, reserved its order on the bail plea of Hindutva worker Swatantra Bhardwaj for September 15 in connection with the alleged assault on the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Eight arrested for raping Class 10 girl for 3 days
Hyderabad: Eight accused have been arrested for alleged sexual assaults on a Class 10 girl over three days in the Alwal police limits under the Medchal-Malkajgiri district of Telangana, reports said on…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 3 held for ‘repeated’ sexual assault of minor boy
Bengaluru: Three persons have been arrested by Karnataka Police in connection with six cases involving the alleged sexual assault of a minor boy, with the incidents reportedly occurring between February and August…
- India
UP: Juvenile gets 25-year jail for raping minor in Ballia
Ballia: A local court here has awarded 25 years’ imprisonment to a 16-year-old boy after convicting him of raping a 14-year-old girl nearly two years ago, a police official said on Tuesday,…
- India
Minor raped in UP; accused arrested
Muzaffarnagar: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a youth with the help of his two accomplices in a village here, police said on Sunday, September 6. The main accused,…
- Videos
Delhi: 3-year-old tied up, beaten in playschool; case booked
New Delhi: A three-year-old was allegedly tied to a chair for hours and slapped severely over several days at a playschool in Maujpur, northeast Delhi. A case has been registered under Sections…
- Hyderabad
Auto driver gets 20-year jail term for raping 16-year-old
Hyderabad: A Rangareddy fast-track judge on Monday, August 31, sentenced an auto-rickshaw driver to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, fined him Rs 10,000 and ordered him to compensate Rs 100,000 to the…
- India
Cook accused of molesting 22 girls had faced prior POCSO charges
Thane: A cook at a government ashram school in Thane district, arrested earlier this week for allegedly molesting 22 minor female students, was a habitual offender who had previously been jailed under…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Minor raped by father; fake papers used for delivery
Raipur: A minor girl was allegedly repeatedly raped and impregnated by her father, who later arranged her delivery at a hospital by using forged documents to show her as an adult and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 20 years RI for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A 57-year-old man from Miyapur was on Monday, August 17, sentenced to 29 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in March 2023. The man, Mohammed Nazeer, was…
- India
Man gets 20 years for sexually assaulting minor in Latur
Latur: A court in Maharashtra’s Latur district has sentenced a youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him for repeatedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. In its order on Thursday,…
