September 05, 2020 8:45 am
Both have alleged that a fight broke out between them with the girl's family alleging rape.
August 28, 2020 5:15 am
The 20-year-old accused, who was named by the child’s friends and parents, has been arrested. The medical examination of the child confirmed that she was raped, said police.
March 04, 2020 6:36 pm
Under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), sexual intercourse between a man and his wife of 15 to 18 years of age does not amount to rape but under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the offence amounts to rape. The apex court had declared that the POSCO Act, being a special law prevails over IPC.
January 31, 2020 4:10 am
On February 11, 2016, the six-year-old student had returned from school in a distraught state. She told her mother that she had been sexually abused by the van driver. The next day when she was again abused by the driver, her mother went to the school with the child who identified the man.
January 30, 2020 6:42 pm
The court had observed that “the crime against the victim was committed in a most grotesque and revolting manner and the collective conscience of the community was shaken”.
January 05, 2020 1:30 am
According to police, the accused was employed as a security guard at a private company and was living near the girl’s house. Police said he lured the child, took her on his motorcycle and raped her later.
December 28, 2019 1:15 am
Police said the child lived with her parents, both cattle rearers, in Nuh, and had taken the family’s goats to a hill near their home for grazing Thursday morning.
December 25, 2019 6:02 am
“On Monday evening, when the girl had stepped out to play, the accused took her home by luring her with chocolates,” said a police officer.
December 24, 2019 3:43 am
According to the police, on Sunday, they found the body of the girl at a village in Bhiwandi. Police said her body was lying a few metres away from her house.
September 25, 2019 11:39 am
The accused, identified as Jatin Mongia, a resident of Ghandoli village near Mullanpur Garibdas, was pursuing medical laboratory technician diploma from a college in Khoonimajra village near Kharar.
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
Crimes against children have increased by 14% in India from 2014 to 2016. Take a look in today’s News in Numbers.
June 22, 2020 6:25 pm
The government's proposal to modify the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act or POCSO Act and ensure death penalty for child rapists has many problems. Shalini Nair reports.