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Remember Agra kidnapping case where a girl was shrouded in Burqa? Here is why she planned the abduction herself

On Monday night, the police recovered the girl from a PG in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area. On being asked about the abduction, she claimed to have gone to Delhi to prepare for NEET examination.

Aligarh, UP: Minor Dalit girl found dead in a field, rape and murder suspected

The minor from Aligarh had gone to collect fodder for the cattle on Sunday morning. Her body was found in a wheat field in the evening.

Punjab: Contractor Mohammad Feroz rapes minor daughter of migrant worker for two months, victim found pregnant

The contractor named Mohammad Firoz lives in Zhungi EDN City. The victim's family are migrant workers.

Bombay High Court ‘skin-to-skin’ judgment: Trivialising Statutory Provisions safeguarding victims of sexual assault?

The Special Court held that the appellant had committed an offence under Sections 354, 363 and 342 of the IPC as well as under Section 8 of the Act.

Guwahati: Journalists Taufiquddin and Iqbal arrested for spreading photo of Himanta Biswa Sarma with his daughter with malicious claims

Editor in chief, News editor of Pratibimba Live arrested for report claiming that Himanta Biswa Sarma was seen hugging an unknown woman

Mumbai: Shaikh ‘Murgiwala Chacha’ gets 10 year prison term for masturbating on 5-year-old boy, claimed devil possessed him

The Mumbai chicken seller was convicted of undressing a five-year-old boy, touching his private parts and masturbating on him.

Sexual Assault Vs harassment: Bombay HC Judge who gave ‘skin-to-skin contact’ judgement refuses to charge accused under POCSO

Hearing a criminal appeal against the conviction and sentence awarded to a 50-year-old man for molesting a five-year-old girl, Justice Ganediwala observed that the case comes under the gambit of 'sexual harassment' and not 'sexual assault'.

Groping a minor’s breast without ‘skin contact’ not sexual assault: Details of the shocking Bombay High Court verdict

The Bombay High Court in a recent verdict has ruled that groping without skin-to-skin contact is not sexual assault.

Kerala: Mother arrested for sexually exploiting 14-year-old son in Thiruvananthapuram

The woman was arrested by the police under POCSO Act. She has been sent to judicial custody.

Kerala: Mohammad Noufal and Shamim from Wayanad arrested for sexually abusing two minor Adivasi girls

Kerala police arrested and charged them under the POCSO Act and the Prevention of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Violence Act

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