sexual assault

New Delhi, March 31 The Delhi High Court has awarded a 10-year prison sentence to a woman for aiding her minor brother in committing the crime of rape in 2013.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that the convict played an "active and deliberate" role in luring the victim and was not only...

Prayagraj, March 31 A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday.In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 A lawyer was arrested in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Monday on the charge of sexually assaulting a law student for several months.The police arrested the lawyer after the victim, who was pursuing an LLB degree, filed a complaint with the Pakur town police station...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

Hyderabad, March 30 A 35-year-old man was arrested here on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman with speech impairment and physical disabilities, police said.The incident took place in Attapur on March 28 when the victim was alone at home. The accused entered the woman's house and...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 – In a concerning incident in Dharwad, Karnataka, an individual accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is alleged to have made threatening calls to a minor victim while inside prison.The case, which came to light on Monday, has...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 – Police in the Pakur district of Jharkhand have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said...

Thane, March 30 A man was arrested in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly murdering a woman in the Mira Road area of Thane district, a police official said on Monday.Ashish Madan Meshram (37), originally from West Bengal, was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit 1 of the Mira...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 30 Unidentified occupants of a van allegedly attacked a goods vehicle driver and severed his genitals after a quarrel over stopping at a sharp turn in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra, police said on Monday.The incident occurred on Saturday night...

Bhadohi (UP), March 30 Two employees of a carpet export company allegedly entered their colleague's rented room here and raped his 32-year-old wife, police said on Monday.Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Tyagi said the woman's husband, from the city kotwali area, works at a carpet export...

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...

Gurugram, March 29 A 25-year-old nurse from Punjab was allegedly abducted and repeatedly sexually assaulted by a truck driver for several days in a village in Haryana's Nuh district, police said on Sunday.The nurse alleged that the accused pressured her to convert to Islam by promising to...

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...

Gumla, March 28 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Friday within the Ghaghara police station limits, when the victim was returning home from a Ram Navami fair along with a male friend, police said...

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...

Nashik, March 29 A court in Nashik on Sunday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, until April 1.Kharat, who headed a temple trust in Mirgaon in Nashik district, and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians had visited over...

Panaji, March 29 Investigations into an alleged sexual scandal involving the son of a Goa councilor have revealed that he exploited multiple victims, including two sisters, one of whom was a minor, police said on Sunday.So far, four women, including the girlfriend of the 20-year-old accused...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 28 A court in Latehar district of Jharkhand sentenced six people to life imprisonment on Saturday for the gang rape of a minor.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Kariman Ganjhu (38)...