A woman cries outside a police station after her husband was arrested by police amid Assam government’s statewide crackdown on child marriages | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR In 2023,…
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 23, 2025) spared a convict, who married the victim, from undergoing a jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,…
Two POCSO offenders imprisoned under Goondas Act in Kanniyakumari district. The detainee identified as B. Faisal Khan, 40, from Manalikarai and R. Radheesh, 27, from Mekkamandapam was arrested by Marthandam…
The key accused in a murder case at Chengamanad was arrested by the Chengamanad police under the Kerala Anti-social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA).The arrested is Nidhin aka Thimmayyan, 25, of…
A sitting held by the Kerala Women’s Commission at the Idukki Collectorate on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Kerala Women’s Commission will direct the Idukki District Police Chief…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A POCSO court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Monday awarded death sentence to two men for raping and burning alive…
A file photo of Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana of Muruga mutt. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, facing charges of sexually exploiting minor girls — who was released…
The Kovalam police on Wednesday arrested a man on charges of attempting to molest a minor girl at her house. The accused has been identified as Sarath, hailing from Pulloorkonam…
A special court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 27-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, saying the two are now married and that the…
GUWAHATI The Assam Cabinet has decided to book men who marry minor girls under stringent laws prescribing imprisonment from two years to life, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…