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On Wednesday, co-accused Shiv Baran was arrested. The charges of abduction and the gangrape were added in the FIR, and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were also included. (Express Photo)

Kanpur teen 'kidnapped, gangraped' by cop & his aide; viral video on police inaction sparks outrage

January 09, 2026 12:25 pm

The girl alleged that the initial FIR did not mention that one of the accused was a man in a police uniform. The accused sub-inspector is on the run, while his associate has been arrested.

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Meghalaya High Court grants bail to 24-year-old youth in POCSO case, cites ‘romantic relation’

January 06, 2026 1:06 pm

Meghalaya High Court Grants Bail in POCSO Case: Justice Diengdoh has granted bail to accused in the POCSO case referring the apex court's judgement that punishing an adolescent who enters relationship with minor girl by treating him as offender was never objective of Act.

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Success stories under Mission Vihaan | Cricket, classes & exams: Inside Bihar’s Sasaram jail, quiet reforms

January 04, 2026 10:29 am

From allowing inmates to design spaces and encouraging them to resume abandoned education to running recreational radio programmes that prepare them for life beyond prison, Sasaram division prison stands apart among Bihar’s 60 jails for initiatives taken over the last 1.5 years.

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‘Protect her honour, dignity': Karnataka High Court allows 26-week pregnancy termination of minor rape survivor

December 31, 2025 3:16 pm

While referring to a Supreme Court rulling, Justice R Nataraj said that forcing a girl, who is a survivor of sexual assault, to continue with her unwanted pregnancy would violate her right to life and dignity.

Kuldip Singh Sengar isn’t a ‘public servant’? What Delhi HC decision means for power and impunity

December 25, 2025 2:03 pm

The Unnao case has a long association with questions of power, impunity, and accountability. The suspension of a life sentence on the basis of a narrow statutory interpretation is bound to be closely scrutinised

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

December 24, 2025 6:11 pm

Saying I love you offence: 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”.

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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.

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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.