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Delhi HC upholds conviction of man for sodomising 11-year-old homeless child

As the lawyer said he and many others were shaken by the development, Delhi high court Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya shared the emotions, and said “so is everybody. We are conscious”.

Updated 4 days ago

6-year-old rape survivor’s testimony can’t be discarded over lack of detail: HC

A division bench of justices Sandipkumar More and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav sentenced the accused, Anil Gaikwad, a labourer, to 10 years in jail.

Updated 4 days ago

9-year-old girl raped in front of brother in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind: Police

MP police are currently investigating the case.

Updated 5 days ago

Pune court awards 10 years’ RI for attempt to rape minor

A special POCSO Court in Pimpri-Chinchwad sentenced 33-year-old labourer to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl. (Getty Images/iStockphoto (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Published 10 days ago

Pizza, soft bedding: Nagpur sexual assault accused's demands inside lock-up

The accused was arrested on Monday after police broke open the door of a rented room in Nagpur's Dighori area around 11 pm and rescued the 16-year-old girl, who they alleged had been held captive.

Updated 12 days ago

How can State prevent elopement of boy and girl, says SC; flags POCSO misuse

The top court made the observation while hearing a suo motu case concerning the right to privacy of adolescents.

Updated 35 days ago

Rohit Chandel’s co-star Madirakshi asks people not to form opinions after arrest

Rohit Chandel was arrested by Mumbai's Ghatkopar Police last week.

Updated 36 days ago

Rohit Chandel's Sairaab co-star Kishori Shahane shocked over his arrest

Kishore Shahane reacts to Sairaab co-star Rohit Chandel's arrest.

Published 37 days ago

65-year-old convicted in Nasrapur child rape, murder

Special POCSO court convicted 65-year-old man for rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur village, holding that the prosecution proved his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Published 53 days ago

Consent of minor no ground to end rape case: Rajasthan High Court

Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand quashed an order of a special POCSO court in Alwar. (Representative Image/iStock)

Published 66 days ago

'Horrific': CM Vijay assures action after minor girl sexually assaulted, killed

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay (in picture) termed the incident as “horrific” and said such inhuman and unforgivable criminal acts can never be tolerated.

Updated 86 days ago

Two men held in separate rape cases involving minors in Dombivli

Two men held in separate rape cases involving minors in Dombivli

Published 91 days ago

HC plea, LOC, then arrest: Sexual assault case against Union minister's son

The complainant alleged that Bhageerath was in a relationship with her daughter and had sexually harassed her.

Updated 93 days ago

Union minister's son Bandi Sai Bhageerath arrested in Pocso case

The Union minister said his son maintained that he had committed no wrongdoing.

Updated 93 days ago

POCSO case: Look-out circular against Union minister's son after no HC relief

The case was filed on May 8 under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the POCSO Act.

Updated 94 days ago

Union min Bandi Sanjay seeks removal of content linking him with son's case

Bandi Sanjay Kumar is the Minister of State for Home Affairs of India.

Updated 94 days ago

17 convicts released on fake court orders from Mizoram jail

17 convicts released on fake court orders from Mizoram jail

Published 100 days ago

Mumbai-Bengaluru highway traffic hit as hundreds protest minor's assault, murder

Though it was a peaceful sit-in, the situation escalated when demonstrators tried to block the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, triggering massive traffic jams.

Updated 107 days ago

School staffer kills 5-yr-old student after sexual abuse in Bihar; arrested

Police said the accused, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, sexually assaulted the child and later killed him with a sharp-edged weapon to destroy evidence.

Updated 129 days ago

POCSO accused booked for making video calls to victim from Dharwad prison

A man in jail faces charges for allegedly harassing a minor victim through video calls. He reportedly threatened her and pressured her to support him in court.

Published 140 days ago

Ghaziabad man rapes 4-year-old girl, beats her to death with a stone

According to her family, the girl had gone missing while playing with neighbourhood children outside their home around 6pm on Monday. (Photo for representation)

Published 152 days ago

Boys in consensual relationship often bear brunt of Pocso: Madras high court

Justice N Mala of the Madurai bench of the high court made the remarks while dealing with the case.

Published 164 days ago

Only 50 of Delhi’s 194 police stations have paralegal volunteers; 1 POCSO victim aided in 2025: RTI

Only 50 of Delhi’s 194 police stations have paralegal volunteers; 1 POCSO victim aided in 2025: RTI

Published 165 days ago

Re-examining POCSO in regulating adolescent intimacy

Law (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 171 days ago

'Hasty conclusion': SC expunges MP HC’s remarks against Pocso court judge

Supreme Court bench said the "hasty conclusion" accusing the judge of "intellectual dishonesty" was "totally unwarranted".

Published 176 days ago

UP court allows FIR in POCSO case against Swami Avimukteshwaranand; he responds

Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, head of Jyotish Peeth Badrinath, sits with followers outside his Magh Mela camp in protest

Published 177 days ago

Games, chocolates, rented room: UP couple preyed on kids for 2 lakh porn videos

Some of the victims, all boys under 18, were as young as three years of age, in the Banda child abuse case.

Updated 177 days ago

‘No room for reformation’: Death for UP couple who raped, filmed over 30 kids

The crimes in Banda, UP, by an ex-JE and his wife spanned from 2010 to 2020, and involved systematic sexual exploitation of at least 33, possibly even 50, minor boys mainly from economically weak families.

Updated 178 days ago

3 minors gang-rape 6-year-old in Delhi, woman hands over accused son to police

The three boys, aged between 10 and 16, were known to the girl and used to play with her near her house.

Updated 201 days ago

'After live-in fails, cases get filed': Allahabad HC says laws favour women

Live-in relationship breakdowns leading to rape FIRs, says Allahabad HC

Published 203 days ago

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