juvenile justice

Guna (MP), February 28 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of repeatedly raping his minor daughter.The victim remained steadfast even after her mother turned hostile during the trial, said a prosecution officer.Sonali Sharma, the judge of...

Latehar, February 28 A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped at a wedding in Latehar district, Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.Two suspects have been arrested and three minors have been detained in connection with the incident that occurred on Friday in the Mahuadand police station...

Prayagraj (UP), February 27 The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's anticipatory bail plea in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and stayed his arrest until the verdict is...

Idukki (Kerala), February 27 A 25-year-old man has been sentenced by a Kerala court to a cumulative 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at a theatre in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, in 2022, after luring her there with the promise of a job.Idukki Painav Fast Track Court Judge...

Patna, February 25 Of the 14,699 children reported missing in Bihar last year, 7,772 have been located, while efforts are ongoing to locate the remaining ones, officials said.The state police announced these figures after multiple instances of misleading information related to alleged...

Lucknow, February 25 A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his friend by setting him on fire due to an old grudge, court officials said on Wednesday.According to the prosecution, the case was registered at the Gudamba police station on July 12, 2012, based on a...

Bengaluru, February 24 – Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned the murder of a Class 10 student by a group of minors, and urged the public to maintain peace while advising parents to closely monitor their children's activities.He also cautioned against any attempts to exploit the...

Shivamogga, February 24 A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), an SSLC student of the...

Latur, February 23 A teacher has been arrested for allegedly beating around 32 students of a school, suspecting them of damaging his motorcycle in the Latur district of Maharashtra, police said on Monday, adding that some students sustained injuries.The incident occurred at the school hostel...

Bhopal, February 23 – A video of a disturbing incident surfaced on social media on Monday, showing a boy being brutally attacked with a large knife and dagger by two other boys at a pool club located in the Teela Jamalpura area of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. However, shockingly, after...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 23 A 55-year-old Dalit man was found dead in the village of Morna in Muzaffarnagar, with stab wounds on his neck, and police said on Monday that his daughters killed him after he restricted them.The man, identified as Ram Persad, was attacked by his daughters, who...

Washington, February 21 – An 11-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been ordered to stand trial as an adult after allegedly fatally shooting his adoptive father during a birthday celebration earlier this year.The ruling reflects the seriousness of the crime and overrides efforts by his defense...

Itanagar, February 19 Police in Itanagar have busted an organized interstate child trafficking racket operating between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, rescuing three minor girls and arresting six people accused of trafficking, purchasing, and exploiting children as domestic laborers, officials...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 18 A POCSO court in Berhampur, Odisha, on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl four years ago, a government counsel said.Additional district judge and POCSO special court judge Pranati Pattnaik...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 18 A 16-year-old girl, alleged to have been a victim of sexual assault, committed suicide at her home near Meppadi here two days ago, police said on Wednesday.The girl, a student in the 11th grade, had been experiencing mental distress for several years and was...

Two Pakistani nationals, along with a local gangster, escaped from a juvenile home in a border village of Jammu. They were arrested within 20 hours of the incident near the Ambala railway station in Haryana on Tuesday, while they were en route to Nepal. Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that...

Kollam (Kerala), February 18 An accused in a POCSO case escaped from the court premises just minutes before he was sentenced to a cumulative 23 years for abducting a minor girl from Assam and sexually assaulting her, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the Fast Track Special...

New Delhi, February 17 In a voice filled with grief and anger, a single mother who raised her only child spoke on Tuesday about a "fun reel"—a reckless stunt for social media fame—that has not only taken the life of her 23-year-old son but also all the dreams she had built around him.Sahil...

Sonbhabdra (UP), February 17 A local court on Tuesday convicted a man of sodomising a 10-year-old boy four years ago and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 35,000.Additional Sessions Judge of the POCSO court, Amit Veer Singh, passed the order after...

Jammu, February 17 Two Pakistani nationals, who escaped from a juvenile home in a border village here, were arrested within 24 hours of the incident, officials said on Tuesday.However, the local gangster who also escaped with them remained at large, and efforts are underway to apprehend him...