Presence or absence of hymenal tear cannot be treated: Delhi HC

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while dismissing the appeal of convict man, affirmed his conviction under Section...

Testimony of child victim credible: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has underscored that the testimony of a child victim of sexual assault, if consistent and...

Bengaluru court rejects bail plea of Prajwal Revanna in rape case

The Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) during the bail hearing argued that IPC Section 376 (rape charges) had been...

Minor raped in boarding school hostel in Bhopal

Misrod police station in charge Manish Raj Singh Bhadoriya told ANI, "An FIR was registered into the matter on...

Three accused arrested for raping minor model in UP’s Moradabad

"The police have registered a case against the three accused under IPC Section 376D, 328, POCSO Act 3/4, and 3/2 SC...

Labourer arrested for sexually assaulting teen girl in East Delhi

A verbal compaint was received at Delhi's Mayur Vihar police station on Wednesday by the father of the victim...

"Courts cannot be used as matrimonial facilitators..." Delhi HC

The Courts cannot be used as matrimonial facilitators for the purpose of pressurizing the accused to get married to...

MP: Special court sentences rape accused to 20 years of jail term

The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Sabir Khan to 20 years of imprisonment under IPC section...

Mumbai: Minor among 2 arrested in rape case with 7-year-old girl

The case has been registered under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from...

Manipur horror: NCW chief writes to State govt, DGP

The Commission chairperson has also asked the Manipur DGP Rajiv Singh to invoke the Indian Penal Code (IPC)'s...

Delhi HC dismisses bail plea of school teacher

The court said that it cannot ignore the fact that since the petitioner (teacher) and the prosecutrix (Student) were...

Minor boy apprehended over sexual assault of a girl

"A case has been registered under section 376 IPC and 6 POCSO Act. The alleged accused has been apprehended and sent...