Thane, February 12 A special fast-track court in Kalyan, Thane, sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter.Special Judge (POCSO) VA Patravale found him guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the...
Patna, February 12 RJD leader Rabri Devi urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday to "break his silence on the increasing number of incidents of crimes against women" in Bihar.She was speaking during a protest staged by opposition MLCs outside the Bihar Legislative Council during the...
Chaibasa, February 12 A man was sentenced to 21 years in prison by a court in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand for raping a girl.The verdict was delivered by the Additional Sessions Judge-II on Wednesday, after the accused was found guilty under Section 6 of the POCSO Act.The...
Nagpur, February 11 A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three individuals in the Nandanvan area of Nagpur, Maharashtra, leading to the arrest of a 19-year-old man and the detention of two minor boys, police said on Wednesday.The crime occurred on Tuesday after one of the accused, who was...
Amethi (UP), February 11 A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping his 17-year-old niece here, leaving her five months pregnant, police said on Wednesday.According to police, the girl's mother, on January 22, reported that her daughter had gone missing. Based on the...
Beed, February 11 A 13-year-old daughter of a migrant sugarcane worker was allegedly raped by a man in Beed district, Maharashtra, after he threatened her, the police said on Wednesday. A case has been registered against the accused, Suraj Kharat, and a search is underway to locate him, they...
Deoria (UP), February 11 A man is alleged to have killed his six-year-old niece and dumped her body in the Jharhi River here, police said on Wednesday.The victim's mother has filed a complaint accusing her brother-in-law, who is about 52 years old, of raping the girl before strangling her to...
Sonbhadra (UP), February 11 A local court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl in 2019, a government counsel said.Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (POCSO Act) Amit Veer Singh convicted the...
Mumbai, February 10 The Bombay High Court has reduced the life sentence of a man, convicted for raping a minor girl, to 12 years, taking into account his young age, long imprisonment, and efforts at reform while in prison, including participation in an essay program on Mahatma Gandhi. A bench of...
Sonbhadra (UP), February 10 A court here on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2022.Additional District Judge (POCSO) Amit Veer Singh found Dev Shah guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court also...
Hyderabad, February 10 A man is accused of raping and killing his mother-in-law in the Nagarkurnool district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on the night of February 8 in the Kalwakurthy mandal, when the elderly woman was alone in her house.The accused, in his 40s and a...
Berhampur/Bhubaneswar, February 9 A seven-year-old girl of Tibetan origin was allegedly raped by a minor boy in the Gajapati district of Odisha, police said on Monday.The incident took place in a village under the jurisdiction of the Mohana police station on Sunday, and the 16-year-old accused...
Kollam (Kerala), February 9 A man has been arrested in Kerala's Kollam district for allegedly raping a minor girl under the guise of exorcism, police said on Monday.The accused, Murari, a local sorcerer, had been on the run after the incident came to light on Sunday, and a search is underway...
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), February 9 Police have arrested the headmaster of a school in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl student, officials said on Monday.The 47-year-old accused, the headmaster of a Zilla Parishad school in Ghathanji taluka...