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The Chhattisgarh High Court held saying “I love you”, holding hand and pulling woman, outrages her modesty.

Saying 'I love you', holding hand and pulling woman, outrages her modesty, Chhattisgarh High Court rules

December 24, 2025 1:44 pm

Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi observed that the accused was 19-year-old at the time of the incident and reduced the sentence to one year.

Granting the man bail, the Himachal Pradesh High Court said that his continuous detention would disrupt the family and the social fabric.

Himachal Pradesh High Court says harsh social reality, grants bail to man who married minor girl

December 17, 2025 6:43 pm

Minor marriage bail case: The Himachal Pradesh High Court said that the minor was married to the petitioner and a child was born to her from him.

A report predicts that the market of sex toys in India will cross 1 billion dollars by 2030, growing at an annual rate of 9.9%.

Import of sex toys in India: What the law says

December 03, 2025 3:20 pm

sex toys import law India: Supreme Court lawyer Tushar Kumar argued that seizure of these goods by Customs and allied enforcement agencies is rooted not in statutory command but in residual, morality-driven enforcement inherited from instruments like the 1964 Customs Notification prohibiting import of “obscene or indecent articles”.

kerala high court relief for father in minor daughter rape case

Here’s why Kerala High Court upheld acquittal of rape accused father

November 24, 2025 6:22 pm

The order noted “if a reasonable doubt arises regarding the guilt of the accused, benefit of doubt cannot be withheld from the accused”.

The convict was stated to be 27 years of age, being a father of a minor child himself at the time of incident.

‘Heinous but not premeditated’: Allahabad High Court commutes man’s death penalty to life term in minor's rape case

November 20, 2025 10:10 am

Allahabad High Court ruling, minor rape murder case: The Allahabad High Court was hearing the confirmation proceedings and the appeal of a death row convict in a rape and murder case of his minor cousin when it communted his punishment to life term.

Fresh summons issued for appearance of former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in Pocso case

November 18, 2025 9:22 pm

The summons for the BJP veteran and three of his associates comes in the wake of the Karnataka High Court's November 13 decision to uphold the special court's decision to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed in the case.

According to the police, the incident occurred on November 13 when the suspect allegedly picked up students from outside the gate of a private school in Juhu.

Three minor girls molested by school van driver in Juhu

November 17, 2025 9:59 pm

Initially, the FIR was registered at Santacruz police station as all the victims lived there but as the school comes under the jurisdiction of Juhu police station and the incident occurred near by the school, the case was transferred to Juhu police station.

Several booked as 2 families clash over 'harassment' of minor

November 14, 2025 9:39 pm

A total of three FIRs have been registered in the case. One each was filed by the families against each other while in the third, the youth was booked under the POCSO Act, police said.

Madras High court says father's role is as 'protector and guardian' of his children

'Father’s paramount duty is to ensure safety, emotional well-being': Madras High Court upholds life sentence of man

November 12, 2025 5:15 pm

Madras High Court POCSO verdict, POCSO Act 2012 judgment: The Madras High Court upheld the life imprisonment sentence of the father convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, observing that a father is expected to be the 'protector and guardian' of his children.

A 32-year-old homemaker named Poonam has been arrested in Panipat for allegedly confessing to the murder of four children. (File)

Man absconding for over four months for sexual assault on minor arrested

October 28, 2025 10:41 pm

To evade arrest, the suspect kept changing his location frequently for nearly four months and a half .

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Plenty of evidence to show death penalty for child rapists is no deterrent

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.