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The accused took the 10-year-old girl to a deserted place and raped her in Bihar's Purnea district on Sunday.

Four youngsters were taken in to custody after being booked on charges of raping a minor tribal girl and then aborting her pregnancy

A 60-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to sexually assault a four-year-old girl at Brahmanavada in Andole Town

The accused, a physical science teacher at the government school, was also suspended from services

The Bhavaninagar police arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a boy at his house in January

A 10th standard student was raped allegedly by a former student of her school in Yalal mandal of Vikarabad district

The victim, who was identified as the daughter of a businessman, was raped allegedly by their driver of eight years

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.2 lakh on him.

He was booked under the POCSO Act and produced before court.

ACP Kalakota Giri Kumar, who is investigating the case, said Azmath Ali and Akbar Ali were booked following a complaint from the victim's father.

District Sessions Judge Narayana Babu convicted a 36-year-old man on charges of raping a four-year old child and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment

Kochi: Muslim marriages under personal law are not excluded from the POCSO Act and sexual intercourse with a child, even if it is under the guise of marriage, is an offence, the Kerala High Court has said. The court denied bail to a 31-year-old man charged under the Act for allegedly abducting and impregnating a […]

Hyderabad: The Humayunnagar police registered a case against Hyderabad Youth Courage members Mohd Salman, Ayub and Shehbaz for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman and her two daughters and confining them in their office. A woman made a complaint with the Humayunnagar police that in the month of April, her minor daughter received a […]

A school assistant at an Ashram School at Pedda Gollagudem in Dammapet mandal was booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly raping a girl

Hanamkonda: State Planning Board Vice-Chairman B Vinod Kumar has expressed concern over crimes against children, and stressed for teaching human values to the children in the early stages of their lives. Speaking at the inaugural session of the Child Adalat Bench organised by the Telangana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TSCPCR) at the […]

Hyderabad: A youngster who sexually assaulted a minor girl three years ago was sentenced to life by a court on Thursday. The court imposed a fine of Rs.2,000 on him as well. Raja Joshua alias Nani (19), a private employee befriended a girl aged around 15 years and spoke to her regularly over phone. On […]

Hyderabad: The Central Government is discriminate towards Telangana in releasing Nirbhaya Funds for setting up Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) to provide speedy justice to the victims of rape and POCSO Act. The Department of Justice is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for setting up Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) and it is funded out […]

Dakshina Kannada: Karnataka police have booked eight students under Pocso Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) in connection with hosting a kissing challenge at a private residence in Mangaluru city, police said on Friday. A video of minor students of a reputed college smooching in the presence of others at a private residence […]

Hyderabad: Taking the investigation in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case nearer to its conclusion, the City Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two more juveniles, taking the total number of arrests to six. City Police Commissioner CV Anand, addressing a late evening press conference here, said everything was crystal clear now, with the police […]

Peddapalli: A nine-year old girl was raped by a thirty eight year old man in Upparapalli of Odela mandal on Thursday. According to police, a native of Illandakunta, the victim came to her grandmother’s home in Upparapalli for summer holidays. The girl stayed at home as other family members went to attend NREGS work. While […]