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Prayagraj, February 21 – A special court for crimes against children in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has ordered the registration of an FIR and an investigation into a complaint alleging that Swami Avimukteshwaranand was involved in sexually abusing children, a lawyer said on Saturday.Special...

Prayagraj (UP), February 21 A special 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 of boys.Last week, the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia...

Jaipur, February 21 – The Rajasthan High Court has expressed serious concerns over the prolonged absence of the chairperson and members of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR), the apex statutory body responsible for safeguarding children's rights in the state...

Thane, February 20 A special court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted a 37-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, stating that the prosecution failed to prove that the survivor was a "child" and noting significant inconsistencies in her testimony.In the judgment dated February 12...

Gumla (Jharkhand), February 20 Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping two girls in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Kamdara Police Station area when the two girls, along with their two friends, were...

Chennai, February 19 – A 29-year-old teacher, employed at a private school in Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, has been arrested on charges of sexually harassing minor female students.The accused, identified as Jobin Solomon, had been working at the institution for the past three years.He was...

Ballia (UP), February 19 A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men from her own village here, officials said on Thursday.An FIR was registered based on a complaint by the survivor's father on Wednesday, they said.According to the complaint, the girl had gone out of her home to...

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...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reprimanded the Delhi government for "attempting to justify" the delay of over two and a half years in appointing the chairperson and members in the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and said the matter would be...

Gumla/Dumka (Jharkhand), February 18 Two girls have allegedly been raped in separate incidents in the districts of Gumla and Dumka in Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.One person has been arrested in connection with one of the cases.A 15-year-old girl is alleged to have been raped by a man...

Amaravati, February 18 – The suspect in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl had escaped from police custody, police said, adding that his body was found in a lake in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.Kulavardhan (30) was found dead in a lake in the village of...

Thane, February 18 A court in Thane has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, stating that the case appeared to stem from a personal dispute with the victim's mother over a marriage proposal.Special POCSO Court Judge D S Deshmukh, in the judgment on February...

Bhubaneswar, February 17 – A special court for crimes against minors in Sambalpur, Odisha, on Tuesday, sentenced two individuals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) each in two separate cases involving the sexual abuse of minors in the district."On November 29, 2025, a 10-year-old girl...

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 14 A 27-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl on the outskirts of Jammu, police said.The girl was safely recovered and provided necessary medical assistance as per legal protocol, a police spokesperson said.He...

Alappuzha (Kerala), February 14 Police said on Saturday that the father and cousin of a 14-year-old girl have been arrested for sexually assaulting her over several years in this coastal district.Police added that, in addition to the girl's father and cousin, two other individuals are accused...

Mumbai, February 13 – A First Information Report has been registered against a 19-year-old woman here for allegedly harassing and abducting a 17-year-old boy after she developed an inappropriate attraction for him, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Sania, is on the run...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 A special court for crimes against women and children here on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering a four-year-old boy three years ago.Additional District Judge (ADJ) and judge of the...

Patna, February 13 Bihar Police rescued 15 girls from six orchestra groups in Saran district during a five-hour operation, officials said on Friday.The raids were conducted from late Thursday night to the early hours of Friday in coordination with the police's anti-human trafficking unit and...

Bongaon (WB), February 13 A 24-year-old man, who was arrested on the charge of cohabiting with a minor after befriending her two years ago, was granted bail by the Bongaon sub-divisional court here after her family agreed to the accused's proposal to marry the survivor, who has now reached...