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The offence of rape fall in the category of “serious and heinous” category and is crime against the society.

'Woman’s body her temple': Madhya Pradesh High Court refuses to quash rape case despite survivor's 'compromise'

February 14, 2026 10:33 am

Madhya Pradesh High Court Latest News: The Madhya Pradesh High Court was hearing a petition filed by a rape and POCSO accused man for quashing of an FIR based on settlement with the survivor.

'Evidence points to consensual relation’: Chhattisgarh High Court acquits POCSO convict awarded 20-year term

February 10, 2026 9:43 am

POCSO consensual relationship: Contradictions in the statements of the survivor are not minor discrepancies but hit the "very foundation” of the POCSO case, the Chhattisgarh High Court stated.

How 3 Gurgaon women tracked down their missing sons and begged for their release from a room of horror

February 08, 2026 9:51 am

The Gurgaon police arrested two men for the alleged sexual assault and torture of 5 minor boys over theft suspicion.

‘No mother would gamble with her child’s dignity’: Calcutta High Court rejects convict’s revenge theory in POCSO case

February 04, 2026 10:07 am

POCSO Act life imprisonment: The Calcutta High Court has rejected the petitioner's defense that he was framed due to his alcoholism, and said that the mother of the survivor was not related to the convict.

Can 1,000-day delay stop justice? Madras High Court invokes Article 21 to hear convict’s late appeal

February 03, 2026 11:54 am

Madras HC latest judgment: Madras High Court said that the special court was bound to examine the reasons behind the delay before dismissing the case solely on the ground of postponed application.

Minor's rape-murder: Gujarat HC commutes convict’s death penalty to life imprisonment

February 02, 2026 9:06 pm

It cannot be said that he would be a menace to society in future, says court

'Misused dominating position': Kerala High Court refuses to quash POCSO case against teacher despite settlement

January 30, 2026 2:09 pm

Kerala High Court order: The Kerala High Court said that despite the settlement between the survivor's mother and accused, quashing the proceedings against him will give a wrong message to society.

In another case, the Madiwala police have arrested four men for allegedly sexually harassing a woman and assaulting her fiancé.

Bengaluru police constable sexually harasses boy at Freedom Park, arrested

January 25, 2026 10:09 pm

Yamuna Naik, a police constable attached to Bengaluru’s RT Nagar police station, has been remanded in judicial custody.

Cops in pink, a judge playing cricket and a toy tractor: how police worked through trauma, secured death penalty for Rajkot child’s rapist

January 21, 2026 4:21 pm

The convict, a native of Madhya Pradesh, had used an iron rod to brutalise the seven-year-old girl in Gujarat's Rajkot last month before fleeing the scene.

A ‘Romeo-Juliet’ clause in POCSO may be needed to prevent over-criminalisation of behaviour that is developmentally typical

January 12, 2026 12:02 pm

Adolescence is a transitional period, and at some point young people do acquire the capacity to consent to romantic relationships. It does not lend itself to sharp moral/legal cut-offs

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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.