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

OpIndia Staff -
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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

Claiming ‘physical relations’ without evidence doesn’t establish rape: Delhi HC acquits man booked under POCSO Act

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According to the Delhi High Court, the victim's and her parents' use of the term "physical expression" was unclear.
Crime

Palwal, Haryana: Hindu teenager forcefully taken to mosque for conversion, says Maulvi cut kalawa from her wrist and wiped away tilak

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In Palwal, Haryana, an incident of forced conversion to Islam has been reported by a family of a teenage girl aged 15. As per...
Opinions

Minors can’t vote, can’t have driving license, but Supreme Court wants them to have sexual partners in the name of ‘adolescent love’

Anurag -
India is already reeling under challenges like forced child marriages, Nikah involving minor girls, rampant trafficking under the guise of marriage, and systematic religious conversions under grooming tactics. Decriminalising adolescent sex may end up becoming a legal loophole for all these, and many other forms of abuse.
News Reports

How Indian courts invent new ways to sympathise with rapists and blame victims of sexual assault, even put their lives in danger with careless...

Shraddha Pandey -
This problematic mindset entrenched in judiciary perpetuates a culture of impunity for sexual violence in India where rape cases have only increased, with over 30,000 cases reported in 2023 alone.
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