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Delhi High Court sends Muslim husband to jail for impregnating 16-year-old wife, says secular POCSO is above communal personal laws

The Delhi High Court The court examined the legal scheme under the BNS and the POCSO Act and noted that both laws penalised sexual intercourse with a woman under 18 years of age.

Bihar: Minor girl sexually harassed in Jamui while returning home from coaching class, 3 arrested after disturbing video goes viral

Three men were arrested in Jamui, Bihar, after a viral video revealed a minor girl being molested and assaulted on the way home from coaching.

How Delhi police cracked the rape and murder case of minor girl in Swaroop Nagar within 72 hours

Delhi Police solved a brutal Swaroop Nagar gang-rape and murder case within 72 hours. Investigators identified the 16-year-old victim using a distinct three-star tattoo and tracked down four suspects, including three minors, using CCTV footage.

‘Muslim Personal Law no defence under POCSO’: Kerala HC says sex with minor wife can invite prosecution

According to the prosecution, the accused kidnapped and took the minor girl in a car to his house and repeatedly raped her over four days.

Muskan Sharma murder case: Before killing Hindu woman, accused Imran was booked for sexually harassing minor in 2018

The investigation in Muskan murder case brought to light that Imran was booked under the POCSO Act 8 years ago for sexually harassing a minor in Tilak Nagar. The case also included charges related to stalking, voluntarily causing hurt, outraging the modesty of a woman and common intention.

Ahmedabad: Bittu Khan poses as ‘Sonu’ to entrap and blackmail minor Hindu girl online, arrested

Ahmedabad Rural Police arrested 25-year-old Bittu Khan from Gwalior for posing as an unmarried Hindu youth named "Sonu" to groom and blackmail a 17-year-old girl online.

Telangana: Out on bail POCSO accused kills 16-year-old victim and 5 others, locals outrage against police negligence

In a shocking incident late on July 10, 2026, in the Rangareddy district of Telangana, an out-on-bail POCSO case accused named B Rajkumar, murdered...

Sharia Law can’t override POCSO and Prohibition of Child Marriage Acts, rules Allahabad HC, says minimum age of marriage is the same for all...

In a significant judgment reinforcing the primacy of child protection statutes, the Allahabad High Court has held that Muslim personal law or Sharia cannot...

Haryana govt takes action against doctor in sexual assault case, reduces pension from Rs 1.14 lakh to Rs 14,000, accused arrested under POCSO Act

Haryana’s BJP government has taken strict action against retired doctor Shailendra Kumar in a minor's sexual assault case, reducing his pension from Rs 1.14 lakh to Rs 14,000.

Uttar Pradesh: Mohammad Umar arrested in Pilibhit for kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old girl for two days

Police say Umar fed the child narcotics mixed in food and raped her repeatedly over two days.

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