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A Kasaragod Fast Track Court sentenced a 40-year-old Karnataka man to two consecutive life terms for abducting and raping a nine-year-old in Hosdurg. The court also fined him Rs 71,000, while his sister received a symbolic one-day jail term

A Peddapalli district court sentenced a man, Shaik Sarvar, to ten years in prison and fined him Rs.5,000 for attempting to rape a Class 5 student in 2019 at a school in Godavarikhani. He was convicted under the POCSO Act

A POCSO court in Mancherial sentenced a street ice cream vendor, Bablu, to life imprisonment and fined him Rs. 10,000 for attempting to rape a minor boy in 2018. The crime occurred when Bablu lured the child with an ice cream.

The crime dates back to October 5, 2023, when the accused allegedly attempted to assault the minor girl inside the mosque. The incident came to light after an activist Puneet Kerehalli shared an audio clip and video snippet on X (formerly Twitter), showing suspicious behavior by the accused

Parents of a 4-year-old girl have alleged she was sexually assaulted on the premises of a school in Thane. Police have launched a probe under POCSO and are reviewing CCTV footage.

Sathupally police in Khammam district arrested a woman under the POCSO Act for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a minor boy.

Four undertrial prisoners, charged with rape and POCSO Act violations, escaped from Korba district jail in Chhattisgarh by scaling a cowshed wall with a rope. A police manhunt is underway, and an internal probe has been launched

The Delhi High Court denied bail to a man accused of repeatedly raping a minor, stating that friendship doesn't imply consent, and a minor's consent is legally invalid. The court emphasized the victim's age and detailed allegations

Congress leader Rajesh Chouhan, his mother Sarada, and two hostel staff have been booked under POCSO following sexual harassment allegations by girl students in Narayankhed. The incident sparked widespread protests, with police and district officials launching a probe.

Two teenage male friends, including a minor, were forced to indulge in unnatural sex by some persons over non-payment of money in Mumbai, police said. The accused persons, who are in angadia (courier) business, also filmed the act and threatened the victims that they would circulate it on social media

A shopkeeper in Bengaluru was arrested under POCSO Act after he sexually assaulted a minor, who went to his shop to buy a packet of chips

In a major crackdown, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested 15 repeat offenders for circulating explicit content involving minors. Acting on Cyber Tipline complaints, officials registered 34 FIRs and are now tracing victims, networks, and the origins of the content

Adilabad DSP L Jeevan Reddy said the two youngsters, a 35-year-old woman and her brother-in-law were apprehended for their involvement in sexual assault and abduction of a 12-year-old girl on Sunday night

Accused Maloth Pratap Singh, in a drunken state, allegedly took the Class IX girl into a room at the school and forced her to fulfil his desires; parents and villagers thrash him at school

According to her family members, during the girl's captivity the accused allegedly burned an 'Om' tattoo on her hand with acid, forcibly fed her meat and subjected her to further torture

A 17-year-old girl set herself on fire after allegedly being assaulted by a neighbour at her home in Lucknow's Malihabad area. She has been admitted to the civil hospital in critical condition

According to police, one Rajat Mandal was organising brothel at a house in Moosanagar and luring customers through a set of sub-organisers by paying them commissions

Move follows complaint by Class IX girls of Zilla Parishad High School that science teacher Kesugani Devaiah was sexually abusing them

Four accused arrested; victim Mahadevappa Mallappa Hukkeri admitted to Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences

Anjaneyulu, from Munukuntla village in Kattangur mandal had raped his sixth-grade daughter when his wife was away and no one else was at home