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Karnataka High Court quashes Pocso case against man after victim marries accused

May 28, 2026 6:05 pm

The 28-year-old petitioner, who works as a porter, approached the Karnataka High Court to quash the case that was registered by the victim's mother in 2024.

‘Minor’s consent is no consent’: Delhi High Court overturns acquittal in POCSO case

May 06, 2026 10:16 am

The prosecution alleged that the 16-year-old survivor had gone missing, which led to the registration of an FIR. The girl was found later and testified that the accused sexually assaulted her, the Delhi High Court noted.

Delhi: 9-year-old girl sexually assaulted, man arrested

October 25, 2025 2:17 am

The FIR, lodged on the basis of the mother's complaint, said that the man took her daughter to a secluded place in the locality, stripped her and inserted his fingers into her private parts

Dance teacher arrested for repeatedly sexually assaulting teen: Delhi police

September 23, 2025 2:24 am

She told police that he forcibly established physical relations with her when no one else was present, and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident

Delhi: Staffer arrested for sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl at speech therapy centre

September 14, 2025 2:30 am

On being questioned, the girl allegedly named a staffer at the centre and her mother informed her husband, following which a PCR call was made, police said

Karnataka HC upholds ex-French diplomat Pascal Mazurier's acquittal in sexual assault case against daughter

June 18, 2025 10:44 am

Pascal Mazurier was booked on charges of rape in June 2012 while he was the Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France, Bengaluru, based on the complaint of his wife.

Incident may leave scar on girl's mind: Mumbai court sentences 50-year-old man to 20 years' jail for sexually assaulting minor

May 23, 2025 10:49 pm

The accused was confronted by the victim's parents when they saw him in the building. The girl's parents then filed an FIR

Mumbai: Housing society security guard sentenced to 5 yrs in jail for sexually abusing girl inside lift

May 06, 2025 1:35 am

The court said that the period that he has already spent as an undertrial — 4 years, 3 months and 24 days — will be considered as undergone in his five-year punishment

Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Cops may be right about having killed someone in self-defence but there must be accountability’

April 27, 2025 11:45 pm

Senior Advocate Mihir Desai, who has dealt with custodial death cases, speaks to Sadaf Modak on the due procedure to be followed in cases like the minor's sexual assault case of Badlapur