sexual assault
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man gets 20 yrs in prison for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Thursday, January 16 at LB Nagar court for sexually assaulting a minor. The accused has been identified as Akula…
- India
Tamil Nadu BJP leader arrested for sexually assaulting minor girl
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Tamil Nadu state functionary was arrested by the police on Monday, January 13, for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
- World
Sandman author Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault by 8 women: Report
British author Neil Gaiman faces allegations of sexual assault months after similar accusations emerged against him, according to a cover story in New York Magazine’s entertainment website Vulture. Eight women have accused Gaiman of assault, coercion…
- Chennai
TN CM proposes stringent punishments for crime against women
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin introduced two bills in the state Assembly on Friday, January 10, proposing amendments in the applicability of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, (BNS) and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,…
- Bangalore
Sexual assault videos case: Karnataka HC stalls framing of charges against Revanna
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday, January 9, issued directions to stall the process of framing of charges against Prajwal Revanna, the former JD(S) MP and grandson of former Prime Minister,…
- India
Karnataka DySP held, suspended after sexual harassment video surfaces
Karnataka deputy superintendent of police (DySP) Madhugiri Ramachandrappa was arrested and suspended on January 3 after a video allegedly showing him sexually harassing a woman surfaced on social media. The incident reportedly…
- Telangana
Telangana: 4 yr old girl sexually assaulted in Moinabad
Hyderabad: A four-year-old girl was reportedly sexually assaulted by a youth in Chilkur, located on the outskirts of Moinabad, on Thursday, January 2. The victim’s family had recently relocated to Moinabad from…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Man attempts to rape daughter, wife hacks him to death
Karnataka: A woman in Belagavi district of Karnataka has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband. She claimed it was to protect their daughter from an attempted sexual assault from her husband,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Man sentenced to 60 yrs in prison for sexually assaulting minors
Hyderabad: A 59-year-old has been sentenced to years in prison by a special fast-track court in Jagtial district for sexually assaulting three minor girls. Additional Principal District and Sessions Judge G. Neelima…
- India
‘Physical relations’ not synonymous with sexual assault: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase ‘physical relations’ by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. A…
- Chennai
Anna university sexual assault: NCW fact finding team to visit Chennai on Dec 30
Chennai/New Delhi: The National Commission for Women on Saturday, December 28, constituted a two-member fact-finding committee to investigate the alleged sexual assault on a student of Anna University. The commission’s chairperson Vijaya…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man sentenced to 10 yrs for abducting, sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for abducting and sexually assaulting a minor girl under the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad teen sentenced to 25 yrs for sexual assault of minor girl
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old has been sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs. 7,000 by the Nampally court for the sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl in Mangalhat. The court…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Driver sentenced to 20 yrs for sexual assault of minor
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old driver, Vadde Prakash has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for crimes against a minor by the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court at…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man awarded 30 years jail for sexual assault of minor
Hyderabad: A 31-year-old man, Gulzar Ali, has been sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 15,000 for the sexual assault of his nine-year-old stepdaughter. The incident occurred while the…
