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
Digital rape: What is this shocking crime that allegedly happened at Medanta Hospital ICU?What is digital rape? A Medanta Hospital technician was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a flight attendant on a ventilator in th...
19 Apr, 2025, 03.04 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
Noida 'digital rape' case: Man handed life imprisonmentIn the case, a 75-year-old man was handed life imprisonment after he was convicted of 'digital rape' of a three-year-old Noida girl. The ma...
01 Sep, 2022, 11.55 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
Nine women along with Brajesh Thakur convicted in Muzzafarpur child abuse caseCBI said 34 girls at the Muzzafarpur shelter home aged between seven to seventeen years of age were sexually abused by the accused after th...
21 Jan, 2020, 08.49 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
Rajya Sabha passes POCSO amendment billNow the POCSO amendment bill, would be send to the Lok Sabha for its approval.
24 Jul, 2019, 07.28 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