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Latur, February 25 A special court in Latur, Maharashtra, sentenced a 46-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl, police said on Wednesday.Judge SV Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on the convict, Govindrao Koli...

Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh), February 25 The bodies of a man accused in a rape case, who had been released on bail, and a 17-year-old girl with a mangalsutra around her neck were found hanging from a tree in a field in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.The...

Ranchi, February 25 The Ranchi Railway Police rescued two girls who were allegedly being trafficked to Delhi under the pretense of employing them for domestic work, and arrested a woman, officials said on Wednesday.The 40-year-old woman was intercepted on Monday during a check drive after the...

Thane, February 25 A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2021, stating that the crime was "heinous" and deserved no leniency.Although the accused's DNA report did not match the victim's fetus...

Mumbai, February 24 A special court under the POCSO Act here has acquitted four men accused of gang-raping a mentally disabled girl, citing a lack of reliable evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini D Lokhande, in the verdict delivered on February 5, ordered the immediate release of the...

Nainital, February 24 Observing that a "humane and practical approach" may be adopted in exceptional circumstances, the Uttarakhand High Court has quashed criminal proceedings in a POCSO-related case after it was submitted that the victim and the accused were in a consensual relationship, had...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.The arguments regarding the sentence will be heard on a later date.Additional...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing the case against the accused...

Prayagraj (UP), February 24 Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati moved the Allahabad High Court seeking anticipatory bail on Tuesday after being booked for alleged sexual harassment of minor children and other offenses.A notice has been sent to the office of the government advocate in this...

Varanasi, February 23 – Political and religious reactions intensified on Monday after reports emerged that the Prayagraj police allegedly visited the Shankaracharya Avimukteshwarananda's ashram, who has been receiving support from leaders and religious figures across several states following a...

Kolkata, February 23 – Another allegation of sexual harassment against a teenager in Kolkata surfaced on Monday, with a man being arrested for showing an obscene video to his friend's minor daughter after taking advantage of an empty house, police said.The police have registered a case under...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the critical observations made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court against a judge of a special court, stating that the "rash conclusion" accusing the judge of "intellectual dishonesty" was "completely unwarranted".The special court...

Varanasi (UP), February 23 Days after being booked under the POCSO Act over allegations of sexual abuse of two persons, including a minor, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said on Monday that he will not oppose his arrest, even though "the public is watching everything".Speaking to...

Kolkata, February 23 – The adjudication of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will begin on Monday.The process is expected to start after 11 a.m., and according to the Supreme Court's directive...

Thane, February 22 A truck driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the Thane district, a police official said.Imran Subrati Khan, also known as Badal, who had been evading arrest in the case since November 2022, was apprehended by Crime Detection Unit 1 of...

Jalna, February 22 A priest has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy at a pilgrimage center in Ghansawangi tehsil in Jalna district, Maharashtra, a police official said on Sunday.A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for...

New Delhi, February 22 – Maulana Sajid Rashidi, the chief of the All India Imam Organisation, on Sunday condemned Swami Avimukteshwaranand, stating that the recent order by a special court to register an FIR against him under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse of minors exposes the shocking...

Lucknow (UP), February 22 An FIR has been registered in Prayagraj against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, over allegations of sexual abuse of two individuals, including a minor, over the past year, including during the Magh Mela.This action follows...

Kaushambi (UP), February 21 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman under the guise of marriage, a government lawyer said.Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) Shashank Khare said that on June 25, 2017, Gogia Devi filed a...

Prayagraj/Varanasi (UP), February 21 A POCSO court here on Saturday ordered the Jhunsi Police Station SHO to register an FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against him.Last week, the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia...