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POCSO Act

Crime

Telangana: Mohammed Fahaad sexually abuses his 5-year-old cousin and uploads the videos online, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2026

"This is the second case in 2026 where TGCSB successfully rescued a minor girl victim, approximately 5 years old," the police informed.

Law

Allahabad High Court grants anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in POCSO case, raises questions on delay in filing complaint

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2026

Justice Sinha also questioned the delay in filing the case against Saraswati and said that the victims were constantly accompanied by the informant and not by their parents.

Opinions

‘Buy a MacBook for the victim’, says Bombay HC in a POCSO case after minor agrees to ‘settle’, withdraw charges against uncle: Read when...

Divyansh Tiwari - 3 March, 2026

Courts are guided by a four-step test from Mahesh Damu Khare v. State of Maharashtra (2024): Determine if the allegations, on their face, constitute a crime, assess the legitimacy of the settlement, take into account the impact on society, and make sure there is no abuse of process.

Crime

Tamil Nadu: DMK leader arrested for sexual assault and murder of 2-year-old baby daughter of his live-in partner

OpIndia Staff - 28 February, 2026

In Tamil Nadu, a 40-year-old DMK leader has been arrested for alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a two-year-old baby girl. As per...

Crime

Banda, UP: Engineer and wife sentenced to death by POCSO Court for sexually abusing over 50 children, recording the act to sell in dark...

OpIndia Staff - 20 February, 2026

In UP’s Banda, a POCSO Court has sentenced an engineer and his wife to death for sexual exploitation of children. The couple, government irrigation...

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Azhar gave triple talaq to wife twice in 5 years, got her gangraped multiple times in the name of halala, the former...

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2026

Azhar married the victim in 2015 when she was 15 years old leading to the introduction of POCSO Act in the case.

News Reports

Gujarat: POCSO court sentences Valsad resident Razak Khan to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2025

Later, the child’s body was found near a pond, hidden in bushes. She was identified by her mother and grandfather.

Crime

Uttarakhand: Teacher Yunus Ansari sexually assaults minor students by threatening to fail them; arrested

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2025

The parents of the victims who are studying at a government inter-college lodged a complaint after which action was taken against the teacher.

News Reports

Varanasi court sentences convict Mohammad Irshad to death for rape and murder of 8-year-old-girl, justice delivered in 11 months

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2025

Mohammad Irshad had waited for the girl to return with the items she had purchased. Later, he forcibly took her to a secluded spot and committed the act of rape.

Law