POCSO
- Bangalore
Child pregnancy cases trigger 45 FIRs in Karnataka’s Mandya
Mandya: Authorities in Mandya district have registered 45 FIRs against ultrasound scanning centres following a large-scale inspection drive launched in the wake of several child pregnancy cases that recently came to light.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 20-year prison sentence for raping minor
Hyderabad: A 70-year-old man from Chandrayangutta was on Monday, June 1, sentenced to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2023. When the…
- Telangana
Man held for cheating minor girl on pretext of marriage in Mancherial
Hyderabad: A man was booked under the Prevention of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly cheating a 16-year-old girl on the pretext of marriage in Mancherial on Sunday, May 31.…
- Hyderabad
Bandi Sanjay’s son Bageerath to appear in Malkajgiri court in POCSO case
Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police continued questioning Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bageerath in a POCSO case for the third day on Friday, May 29. MoS Bandi…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Bandi Bageerath shifted for questioning in POCSO case
Hyderabad: Police shifted Bandi Bageerath from the Cherlapally Central Prison on Wednesday, May 27, for questioning as part of the ongoing investigation into the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 years jail for raping 4-year-old
Hyderabad: A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a local court and was directed to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 along with a compensation of Rs 3 lakh…
- Hyderabad
Court reserves order on police custody plea in Bandi Bageerath POCSO case
Hyderabad: A local court on Friday, May 22, posted the petition filed by police seeking custody of the son of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a POCSO case registered against him,…
- Telangana
KTR alleges delay in arrest of Bandi Sanjay’s son in POCSO case
Hyderabad: BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday alleged that Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son was not arrested in the POCSO case for nine days due to a tacit…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC allows Bandi Bageerath to file for regular bail in POCSO case
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has permitted Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Bandi Bageerath, to file a regular bail petition in a POCSO case. The court…
- Hyderabad
Man sentenced to five years for sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad court sentenced a man convicted in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The incident took place on June 7, 2024, when…
- Bangalore
Karnataka police launch ‘Pink Box’ in schools to help girls report abuse
Hassan: The Hassan district police have launched a unique initiative aimed at helping girl students from rural and vulnerable communities safely report cases of sexual harassment, threats and child marriage pressure. South…
- Hyderabad
Two sent to judicial custody for sexually assaulting minor in Dundigal
Hyderabad: Two people were sent to judicial custody on Wednesday, May 20, for sexually assaulting a minor girl and recording the act in Hyderabad’s Dundigal in September 2025. The convicts were identified…
- Telangana
BJP, Congress leaders play down POCSO case against Bandi Bageerath
Hyderabad: In the past two days, leaders from both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have played down the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) case against Bandi Bageerath.…
- Hyderabad
Bandi Bageerath withdraws bail plea from Telangana High Court in POCSO case
Hyderabad: Bandi Sai Bageerath withdrew his anticipatory bail petition from the Telangana High Court on Wednesday, May 20, after being arrested in a POCSO case registered at Pet Basheerabad Police Station. Bageerath’s counsel, N Naveen…
- Telangana
Bandi Sanjay says BRS running ‘fake media factory’ over his son’s POCSO case
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday, May 20, said he has directed his son to cooperate with police in the POCSO case against him, while alleging that BRS leader K…
