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17-yr-old, who attended birthday party in a pub, gang-raped in car in Hyderabad

June 03, 2022 6:31 pm

Four police teams hunt for five minors who allegedly offered to drop teen home after meeting her at the party

Pune: 10-year-old speech-impaired girl sexually assaulted

May 23, 2022 7:47 pm

According to the police, around 9.30 pm on May 20, the girl was playing near her residence when two men kidnapped her.

Superintendent of govt school gets 5 years in jail for molesting minor

May 22, 2022 9:34 am

Additional Sessions Judge, Palghar, D H Keluskar convicted the accused under Section 354 of the IPC, Section 8 and 9 of the POCSO Act and under Section 3 (1) (w) (i) of the SC/ST Act and sentenced him to five years rigorous imprisonment in jail.

Allegation not enough, says Bombay High Court; acquits two brothers of POCSO charges over ‘infirmities in probe’

May 17, 2022 1:16 pm

A division bench of Justices Sadhana S Jadhav and S G Dige passed a judgment in appeals by the two men against their conviction by Amalner Sessions court in June 2015 under provisions of POCSO Act and IPC.

Mohali: UP man booked for raping minor

April 28, 2022 3:30 am

The girl has told the police that the incident took place when she had gone to her native place in Sambal district in Uttar Pradesh, where she met the accused Sahil.

Faridabad: 4-year-old girl raped, hunt on for accused

April 14, 2022 12:07 pm

The incident happened when the girl’s parents, who are migrant labourers, were at work and it was reported around 6 pm Tuesday, said the police.

Pimpri-Chinchwad: Minor boy booked for raping 13-year-old after threatening with scissors

April 14, 2022 10:41 am

Police officials said the boy, 14, is a school student and he barged into the girl’s house around 4.45 pm on April 3 and then allegedly threatened her by pointing a scissor.

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Tamil Nadu: Teacher, her partner booked for sexual assault of teenagers

April 07, 2022 10:23 am

The woman was living with her 19-year-old son. Besides her son, two other teenage boys had been sexually exploited by them, who were from the neighbourhood.

Teacher held for sexually abusing inmates of government home in Tamil Nadu

March 25, 2022 4:21 pm

Senthil Kumar, a physical education teacher at the Government Home for Children in Ranipet, had allegedly made the boys watch adult videos and abused them for months.

Pune: 12-year-old boy sexually assaulted by 'chacha' he met online, manhunt on

March 15, 2022 11:08 am

According to the FIR, the man came to the boy's house when the family members were not around and sexually assaulted him on March 9.

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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.