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Child rape cases, encompassing all forms of penetrative assaults, has registered a rise of 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of the NCRB data by child rights NGO CRY.

Growing atrocities against women prove that the changes made to criminal law after the Nirbhaya case have not yielded the desired results

Maharashtra Women's Commission member Abha Pandey met the toddler at the government hospital and reviewed her condition on Friday.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court-1 also slapped the 52-year-old accused with a fine of Rs 80,000.

The Law Commission's recommendation not to tinker with the age of consent — currently 18 years — is a welcome development

This incident took place in the presence of public and was captured in the CCTV camera.

According to Senior Police Inspector Tanveer Shaikh of Maharashtra Police, the girl had gone to a stationery shop in Turbhe Sector-22 on Saturday to purchase material for the school project.

The case was registered on Friday after the 16-year-old girl told her mother about the incident, police said.

According to the police, in 2018, Mohd Irfan, a resident of Falaknuma sexually assaulted a 9-year-old child

The FIR on the accusations made by a minor was filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, along with relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code concerning the act of outraging modesty.

A special POCSO court here on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years of life imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl.

POCSO court-2 in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Sandeep, to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl

A local court convicted an advocate and his son in a sexual assault case of a minor girl and sent them to jail

I Additional District and Sessions (POCSO) court judge K Prabhakar Rao delivered the verdict, awarding the jail term and fine to Kamera Raghuvaran, a 23-year-old driver from Dubbapalli in Jaipur mandal after finding him guilty.

According to the official, the accused had previously faced multiple cases of rape, molestation, and other offenses.

Ashfaq Alam was detained in connection with the crime and spent one month in jail before being released on bail five years ago.

Giving details of the case, the police said two videos surfaced purportedly showing advocate Gupta abusing two different girls.

Within 12 hours after a minor was reported missing in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, police rescued her and arrested two youths who had allegedly abducted and raped her.

According to the press release by Amethi police, the accused has been identified as Ram Krishna, a resident of Pratapgarh, who was residing in a rented accommodation in Amethi.

The incident came to light when the child escaped and informed the neighbours.