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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the controversial skin-to-skin judgement of the Bombay High Court in a case under the POCSO Act, saying the most important ingredient constituting sexual assault is sexual intent and not skin-to-skin contact with the child. The high court had held that no offence of sexual assault under the […]

Hyderabad: A man, who repeatedly raped his step-daughter, impregnating her at least thrice and making her deliver a baby when she was just 14 years old, was on Thursday sentenced to life by a local court. As per the case, the accused, a resident of Kanchanbagh, began sedating her and then threatening her with a […]

Hyderabad: A 27-year-old woman, the caretaker in a school in Barkas in the Old City, who sexually abused and also used a lit cigarette on a minor boy in the school washroom, was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, on Thursday. The sentence was pronounced by the special court for POCSO Act cases here […]

The court also imposed a fine on the suspended headmaster who was arrested after one of the victim's mother complained

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court judge Amar Singh also imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 2 lakh on convict Saubi.

Court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 and in default of payment of the fine, the 28-year-old accused must undergo simple imprisonment for one year

The court, which delivered the judgment in 164 days, directed the District Legal Services Authority to take steps for paying Rs 7 lakh as compensation to the victim at the earliest

Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat took initiation in conducting a speedy trial of the case and personally supervised the court matter

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court made it clear that the court was not inclined to entertain quash petitions in heinous crimes pertaining to rape. “Rape itself was a heinous crime, more so when it is also an offence connected to the POCSO Act, we are not at all inclined to quash […]

Mulugu:  A 12-year-old differently-abled girl was allegedly raped by a youth at Bandarupally village under Venkatapur mandal in the district. Though the incident took place a couple of days ago, it came to light on Thursday when the parents of the girl approached the police to lodge a complaint. Sources said the girl, a native […]

Hyderabad: The Jawaharnagar police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old mason from Odisha on charges of kidnapping and raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl at Dammaiguda in Keesara last Sunday. Police said that even as the investigation was on into the incident, the suspect tried to kidnap another minor girl on Friday from the same area. The arrested […]

The accused, who was identified as Pasunuri Ilaiah (55), a construction worker, allegedly raped the girl when the mother of the victim was away from home on Monday

Hyderabad: A 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and later harassed by a youngster, died by suicide in her house at the BSNL staff quarters in Jubilee Hills here late on Thursday. The victim, an intermediate second year student in a private college, was allegedly trapped by one Abdul Samad, who then raped her and […]

Khammam: Police have invoked Preventive detention (PD) Act against an autorickshaw driver, accused in the rape case of a minor girl, and lodged him in Warangal Central Prison. Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier informed that the accused, Kallepally alias Jampanna of Ramanagutta area in Khammam city raped a 12-year-old minor girl from UPH Colony […]

According to the police the victim was raped by her landlord's son and his friend.

The minor girl was beaten and forcibly taken by the watchman, Apparao, Jaggaiahpet police station circle Inspector Chandrasekhar informed.

According to the prosecution, the accused, a neighbour of the girl, had unnatural sex with her multiple times during January 2019

The assault came to light after the girl, staying with her mother, brother and grandparents, told about the abuse to one of her relatives 10 days ago, the police said.

Jagtial: Additional District and Session Court, Karimnagar, sentenced a person to five years imprisonment and Rs 6,000 fine for attempting to rape his minor daughter. Delivering the verdict, Judge Dr S Srinivas Reddy on Thursday handed down the sentence to the accused Srinu Guruvaiah, a native of Venkatraopet of Metpally mandal. Guruvaiah behaved abnormally with […]

The judge held the accused guilty and sentenced him to 10 years RI and imposed a fine of Rs.5,000