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Thane, March 10 Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl with a mental disability in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place in the Bhiwandi area on December 12 last year, but the victim's mother approached...

New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court on Monday directed all high courts to set timelines for trial courts to ensure the speedy conclusion of acid attack cases across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the status reports submitted by...

Ballari, March 8 – A student died and seven others were injured after a Class 9 student allegedly attacked fellow inmates at a residential school on the outskirts of Ballari, police said.Speaking to reporters, Ballari Range Inspector General of Police P.S. Harsha said the incident occurred at...

Khandwa (MP), March 7 A woman, reportedly around 90 years old, was allegedly raped by four masked men in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, prompting authorities to launch an investigation by a special investigation team (SIT), police said on Saturday.The woman is being treated at the...

Chennai, March 7 A police constable working at a police station here has been suspended following allegations of trespassing and attempting to misbehave with a woman at her residence in Royapettah.The constable, identified as Surya, is alleged to have entered the house of a 32-year-old woman...

Bilaspur (HP), March 7 Tension gripped a village in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy, prompting police to take immediate action and detain the accused.According to police, the incident took place on...

New Delhi, March 3 Only 50 of Delhi's 194 police stations currently have paralegal volunteers, and only one victim of a POCSO case availed their assistance in 2025, despite a Supreme Court mandate, an RTI query has revealed.Paralegal volunteers (PLVs) work in three shifts of eight hours each...

New Delhi, March 5 – The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance of a media report that highlighted an alleged illegal racket involving the extraction and sale of eggs from financially vulnerable women in the Badlapur area of Maharashtra.Describing the report as "disturbing,"...

Bhadohi (UP), March 1 A case has been registered against a woman and her husband following court orders after a young man died by suicide here, alleging sexual exploitation and blackmail, police said on Sunday.The orders were issued by the court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division)...

Guna (MP), February 28 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of repeatedly raping his minor daughter.The victim remained steadfast even after her mother turned hostile during the trial, said a prosecution officer.Sonali Sharma, the judge of...

Latehar, February 28 A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped at a wedding in Latehar district, Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.Two suspects have been arrested and three minors have been detained in connection with the incident that occurred on Friday in the Mahuadand police station...

Noida (UP), February 28 – A tragic and disturbing incident has come to light from the Phase 3 police station area of Noida in Uttar Pradesh. A 19-year-old woman is alleged to have committed suicide after being subjected to continuous blackmail and threats of having objectionable videos and...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a Dalit girl seven years ago, the prosecution said.Government Advocate Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on October 25, 2018, a woman submitted a written...

Paradip (Odisha), February 27 A 23-year-old woman was raped twice in a day by her boyfriend and a stranger offering help, and then thrown off a four-story building, leading to her death, in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said on Friday.Police arrested both the accused and charged them...

Kochi, February 27 The Kerala government filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court on Friday, challenging the acquittal of Malayalam cinema star Dileep and others in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case.In its appeal, the state is also seeking to increase the punishment awarded to...

Washington, February 27 – A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to authorize the death penalty for individuals convicted of raping children under federal law, declaring that there would be “zero mercy for child rapists” and that those who prey on...

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 The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed the proceedings in a POCSO case against a man, noting that the accused and the victim are now legally married, have a child, and that the woman wants to live with him.Continuing the trial or sending the accused to jail would disrupt...

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...