Chinese men in Germany used Telegram groups to share rape videos and drugging tips, prosecutors sayInvestigators have been poring through several years' worth of posts in roughly two dozen group chats on the popular messaging app that aut...
08 Jul, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afreshThe Supreme Court has overturned a Delhi High Court decision that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The c...
15 May, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
Panchkula horror: Father sexually abused daughter for 11 years, teen got pregnant in Class 9A teenage girl in Panchkula has accused her father of sexually abusing her for over a decade, with assaults beginning at age seven. The 18-...
15 May, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
Kansas Massage Therapist faces sexual assault charges as multiple women allege abuse during appointments; investigation ongoingA Kansas massage therapist faces multiple charges including rape and sexual battery following accusations from several female clients. Auth...
02 May, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
Supreme Court slams Haryana Police for trying to dilute POCSO chargesThe Supreme Court has criticized Haryana Police for hindering a rape investigation involving a four-year-old girl in Gurugram. The court no...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
Delhi HC order suspending Kuldeep Singh Sengar's jail term stayed by the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has halted the release of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. This follows a Delhi High Court order granting him ba...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
SC must take serious note of Allahabad HC ruling: UnionMinUnion Minister Annapurna Devi expressed strong disapproval of the Allahabad High Court's ruling that downgraded certain sexually violent ac...
21 Mar, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Grabbing minor's breasts, breaking pyjama strings does not qualify as attempt to rape: Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court ruled that an act of grabbing a minor girl’s breasts and attempting to drag her beneath a culvert does not amount ...
20 Mar, 2025, 01.00 PM IST
Woman can also be tried under POCSO for offence of 'penetrative sexual assault: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that women could be prosecuted under the POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault on a child, not restricting th...
12 Aug, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis arrested in Italy for alleged 'sexual assault'The alleged victim had been staying with Haggis.
20 Jun, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Allahabad HC reduces jail term of man who sexually assaulted minor, terms it 'lesser offence'"Penetrative sexual assault being lesser offence from aggravated pentrative sexual assault is legally permissible to convict the appellant ...
24 Nov, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
Delhi court convicts Brajesh Thakur, 18 others in Muzaffarpur shelter home caseAdditional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha convicted Thakur for aggravated sexual assault under POCSO Act and gang rape. The court acqu...
20 Jan, 2020, 02.55 PM IST
Delhi court reserves for mid-November order on Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault caseAdditional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha, during the in-camera trial, said he will pronounce the order in the middle of November, the...
30 Sep, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
Government approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against childrenThe amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...
10 Jul, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Govt introduces amendments to POCSO Act in Lok SabhaThe Bill seeks to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography and provide for establishment of Spec...
08 Jan, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
Government draws SC fire for legitimising rapeThe SC found no material difference between the definition of rape under Section 375 of the IPC and penetrative sexual assault in terms of ...
12 Oct, 2017, 06.54 AM IST
- Two Indian students in Australia charged for sexual assault
Two Indian students have been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl as she slept on a train from Melbourne.
06 Sep, 2009, 09.14 PM IST