Rape
- India
Kathua rape-murder: HC rejects mastermind’s plea to suspend life sentence
Chandigarh: The mastermind behind the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua does not deserve the “concession of suspension of sentence at this stage”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court…
- Hyderabad
Lured with chocolates, 6-year-old raped, murdered in Hyderabad’s Narsingi
Hyderabad: Police arrested a man for allegedly raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad’s Narsingi on Sunday, March 15, after luring her on the promise of buying chocolates. When the girl…
- Telangana
Telangana: Inter student held for raping 3 minors, impregnating one
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old intermediate student was detained in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Thursday, March 12, for allegedly raping three minor girls and impregnating one of them. The case dates back to 2025,…
- India
UP double murder: Man held for raping, killing woman and partially blind son
Lucknow: A man accused of raping and killing a woman and her partially blind son was caught after an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow district on Wednesday, March 11. The incident took…
- India
Dera Sacha Sauda chief acquitted in journalist murder case
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head’s lawyer Jitender Khurana said on…
- Telangana
Telangana minor girl raped by cousin attempts suicide, dies later
Hyderabad: A minor who was allegedly raped by her cousin and threatened with dire consequences if she revealed it, consumed pesticide in a bid to end her life on December 8, 2025.…
- India
Odisha: 5 school teachers held for ‘raping’ 13-year-old student
Kendrapara: A total of five teachers of a private school were arrested on Saturday, February 21, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, police said. The arrests were made…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra: 7-year-old raped, murdered; accused found dead in lake
Amaravati: The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a drum on Tuesday, February 17, after she was allegedly raped and murdered by her neighbour in Madanapalle. The accused was found…
- India
Supreme Court vs High Courts: Two diferent views on what constitutes rape
India saw two significant but contrasting judicial views – one from the Supreme Court and the other from the Chhattisgarh High Court – both interpreting a woman’s bodily integrity and the legal…
- Telangana
Telangana: Eight-year-old raped by two relatives, including uncle
Hyderabad: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two of her relatives, one of whom is a minor, in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district of Telangana, police said on Monday, February 9. Officials said…
- India
Beautiful women from these castes attract rape: MP Congress MLA
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya kicked up a controversy by linking beauty to rape and also claiming sexual crimes against women from “certain castes” got encouragement from some scriptures…
- India
Gujarat man sentenced to death for brutal rape of 7-year-old
Rajkot: A court in Gujarat’s Rajkot city on Saturday, January 17, sentenced a man to death for raping a seven-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with an iron rod, in a verdict…
- India
Three men arrested in Karnataka’s Hubballi over rape, circulation of videos
Hubballi: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men here, and photos and videos of the incident were circulated on a messaging platform, police said on Sunday. Two men accused of…
- India
Junior hockey coach held for sexually assaulting girl in Haryana
Rewari: A junior hockey coach has been arrested here for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor girl, police said. The class 12 student from a village in Rewari district filed a complaint…
- India
False rape allegations leave unhealing scars: Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that the false implication of a person in rape allegations leaves unhealed scars on the accused for a lifetime and holds far-reaching consequences for…
