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Panaji, March 30 The Goa BJP posted on social media photographs of a councilor, whose son has been arrested for alleged involvement in a sex scandal, along with Congress leaders, and asked if this was the reason the opposition party was "hyperactive in trying to present a different narrative."...

Hyderabad, March 29 A government teacher was arrested for allegedly "sexually assaulting" a girl student of a Zilla Parishad High School in Narayanpet district of Telangana, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred in Maddur mandal.Six others—two government teachers and the school...

Lucknow, March 29 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has said that it is illegal to conduct a medical examination (ossification test) to determine a minor's age when certificates from a school, board, municipal corporation, municipality, or panchayat are available.Holding this, the...

Hyderabad, March 29 Two men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sexually assault two minor girls in the Nirmal district of Telangana, police said on Sunday.The incident took place in Nirmal town on Saturday when the two men allegedly attempted to sexually assault the minor girls...

Thane, March 29 A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy at a railway station in Navi Mumbai in 2019.Special judge V A Patravale of the Kalyan court found the accused, Shrinivas Ramanna Reddy...

Thane, March 29 A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing two 10-year-old girls in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.Irfan Mashak Sheikh (23), a resident of Bhiwandi, was apprehended early Saturday morning in connection with the incident that occurred in the...

Panaji, March 28 The Goa police arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly indecently exposing himself to two children at a store in Margao, an official said.The incident occurred at a popular store in the city in South Goa, where the children, aged five and seven, had gone with their mother on...

New Delhi, March 26 A court here has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor last year, stating that despite the victim addressing him as "grandfather," he exploited her to satisfy his lust.Highlighting the betrayal of trust and the erosion of...

New Delhi, March 26 The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl, ruling that the horoscope and vaccination card were not proof of age and, therefore, he could not be prosecuted under the POCSO Act.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla...

Itanagar, March 26 Three individuals have been arrested from the districts of Tawang and East Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh in two separate cases of sexual assault on minors, police officials said on Thursday.The Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Kameng district, Kamdam Sikom, said that...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Patna, March 25 – Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, visited Gaighat in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday to meet the family of Jagatveer Rai, an elderly man who was killed during a police raid.After expressing condolences, he launched a sharp attack on the Nitish Kumar...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticized the Haryana Police over its handling of a sexual assault case involving a 3.8-year-old child in Gurugram, observing that there appeared to be a “concerted and unwarranted attempt” to discredit the minor victim and downplay...

Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra legislative council on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities of victims of acid attacks and ensure imprisonment for online sexual harassment...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A court in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in 2020, officials said on Wednesday.The court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Kumar also imposed a fine of...

Relevance: RushSubject: POCSO CaseCategory: CrimeHandwara Police secures conviction in POCSO caseThe Jammu & Kashmir Police in Handwara has successfully secured a conviction in a POCSO case registered under FIR No. 69/2021 at Police Station Kralgund.Srinagar, March 24: In a significant...

Ballia (UP), March 24 A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and raping her for about eight months after taking her to Nagpur, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.According to police, the accused, identified as Mukesh Rajbhar, a resident of Urdaini...

New Delhi, March 24 Two minors have been apprehended for allegedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death in Sadar Bazar, north Delhi, due to a previous dispute, an official said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on March 22 in the Gali Gaddhya area, police said.The accused minors, along with an...

New Delhi, March 23 Questioning the "insensitive" approach of the Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a three-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gurugram police commissioner and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe...

Panaji, March 23 The son of a councillor has been arrested in Goa for allegedly shooting and circulating obscene videos of local minor girls, police said on Monday.Superintendent of Police (South) Santosh Desai said the accused, Soham Naik (20), whose father is a councillor in the town of...