Crime Against Children
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Mumbai building watchman gets 5-year jail for molesting girl in lift
Maharashtra | May 05, 2025 23:01 ISTA Mumbai POCSO court sentenced a 30-year-old watchman to five years of rigorous imprisonment for molesting a 10-year-old girl inside a Kandivali building lift in 2020. The court observed the accused breached the trust placed in him by residents and caused the victim severe mental trauma.
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Gurugram man held for killing 10-year-old sister-in-law to 'take revenge' on wife
Crime | April 17, 2025 6:53 ISTA 24-year-old man in Gurugram has been arrested for allegedly murdering his 10-year-old sister-in-law to take revenge on his wife, who had left him. Police said the accused, Mohit Kumar, lured the girl to his room, strangled her, and dumped her body in a drain.
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Jharkhand: Woman arrested for throwing infant into river, probe underway
Jharkhand | December 11, 2024 21:14 ISTThe incident took place at Durku village in Jadugora, when the accused, a 30-year-old woman, went for a bath in a nearby river with her child, police said.
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Bihar couple arrested for selling 4-year-old daughter for Rs 40,000 in Odisha, probe underway
Bihar | November 28, 2024 7:55 ISTThe parents of the child have confessed to selling their child and have also implicated two intermediaries from the Badagada area, who allegedly helped facilitate the illegal transaction.
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Madhya Pradesh: Three detained in connection with rape of 11-year-old tribal girl in Alirajpur
Madhya Pradesh | April 28, 2024 21:47 ISTThe incident occurred when the girl was returning home from a wedding with her friends. The police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act.
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Crime against women up by 4% in 2022, Delhi records highest number of cases among metro cities: NCRB
India | December 04, 2023 19:15 ISTThe National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its annual crime report. In 2022, there were 4,45,256 cases of crime against women, an increase of 4% from the previous years.
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Maharashtra: Man rapes minor daughter for two years in Mumbai, arrested
Crime | November 06, 2023 11:51 ISTThe police registered a case under various sections of the IPC including under the POCSO Act in Mumbai. The accused father was arrested and sent to five-day police custody.
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Uttar Pradesh: Boys forced to drink urine, get chilli inserted in anus in Siddharthnagar | VIDEO
Uttar Pradesh | August 06, 2023 18:20 ISTUttar Pradesh: The accused also made a video of the entire episode and posted it on social media, which went viral on Saturday.
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Uttar Pradesh: Man arrested for abduction, rape of 15-year-old girl in Ballia
Crime | April 22, 2023 20:43 ISTUttar Pradesh: On the complaint of the teen girl's father, a case was registered against the accused, police said.
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United States: Teen among 6 killed in Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, St Louis
World | October 25, 2022 12:28 ISTThe attacker wounded six other people other than a teenage girl and a teacher and shouted, “You are all going to die!” The police however killed him in an exchange of fire.
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Delhi: 2 neighbours kill 6-year-old boy as 'human sacrifice' to gain prosperity in Lodhi Colony
Crime | October 02, 2022 17:14 ISTThe accused and the boy's parents were working as construction labourers. Vijay and Amar have confessed to the crime and said they killed the boy to gain "prosperity". All of them were living in the same slum, police said.
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2-year-old kidnapped, killed by aunt, uncle in Delhi
Crime | August 22, 2021 9:53 ISTA day after the toddler went missing from his home, police found his body in a flooded drain in Punjabi Bagh.
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Delhi minor rape-murder case: BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of revealing the identity of the victim
News | August 04, 2021 13:42 ISTHis (Rahul Gandhi) tweet violates sec 23 of POCSO Act & sec 74 of Juvenile Justice Care & Protection of Children Act that prohibits revealing the minor's identity. He revealed identity of child's family & is using the issue for his political agenda: Sambit Patra
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Man arrested, juvenile detained for boy's murder
India | July 15, 2021 23:35 ISTA 24-year-old man was arrested and a minor was detained on Thursday for allegedly killing a 15-year-old boy at Bapgaon in Kalyan tehsil of Thane district.
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Crime against women, children in UP: 23 accused sentenced to life imprisonment in last 24 hrs
News | October 21, 2020 13:26 ISTThe Uttar Pradesh government has sentenced 23 accused to life imprisonment in the past 24 hours, in connection with cases of crime against women and children.
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350 crimes committed against children each day in country 2017
India | October 26, 2019 15:00 IST"Other interesting aspects were that the accused in 94 per cent of penetrative assault cases under POCSO Act were known to victims while 99 per cent of victims were girls. Further, over 40 per cent cases were reported from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu," the CRY said.
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Child abuse awareness: Supreme Court agrees for short clip on crime against children
India | July 26, 2019 9:49 ISTIn a report submitted to the court, senior advocate V. Giri, an amicus curiae in the PIL registered by the court under the title "In re Alarming Rise in The Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents", said: "A short clip intended to spread an awareness of the subject in general, namely, prevention of child abuse and prosecution of crimes against children, should necessarily be screened in every movie hall and could also be transmitted by various television channels at regular intervals."
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What? 4-month-old child slammed on ground by drunk father in Madhya Pradesh, loses life
June 26, 2019 19:47 ISTA four-month-old boy died after his drunk father slammed him on the ground following an argument with his wife at a village in the district.
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Minor raped inside Army's Eastern Command hq, accused held
June 19, 2019 23:48 ISTA minor girl was raped inside the Fort William, Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarter and the accused was arrested, police said on Wednesday.
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Man arrested for sexually assaulting minor in outer Delhi
June 18, 2019 22:43 ISTA man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in outer Delhi area, officials said Tuesday.
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