The crime does not fall in the category of 'aggravated sexual assault' or sexual assault. It comes in the category of 'penetrative sexual assault' which is punishable under Section 4 of the POCSO Act, the court said.
A woman alleged that Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her when she was 17.
Cosby, 83, was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era, and his conviction was seen as a turning point in the movement to hold powerful men accountable for sexual misconduct.
Former Canadian model Sera Johnston has alleged that Timothy Hutton raped her in 1983 when she was a junior high school student in a Vancouver hotel room while another man looked on and participated.
A man allegedly molested and sexually harassed his 24-year-old woman friend in Mumbai's posh locality Wadala. The accused has been identified as 26-year-old Suraj Soni, who was arrested on Saturday.
North Goa district and sessions judge Kshama Joshi heard the case on Monday following which it was kept for next hearing on October 7, public prosecutor Francisco Tavera said.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the Gujarat government here today in connection with disgraced spiritual guru Asaram's regular bail plea in the rape case filed against him by a Surat-based girl.Issuing
Surat: A local court today rejected the bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai in connection with in an alleged rape case filed against him here.Joint District and Additional City Sessions Judge B
Srinagar: A court here today issued an arrest warrant against former Jammu and Kashmir minister of State for Health Shabir Ahmad Khan in connection with a sexual assault case.Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, Rajiv Gupta issued
Mumbai: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said the Centre cannot interfere in the sexual assault case against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal. Replying to a question on whether Tejpal's arrest came after much delay, Shinde,
New Delhi:The Delhi High Court which is hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case on Tuesday refused to grant interim protection against his arrest till Wednesday.In this
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has lashed out at Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal over the charge of a girl's sexual abuse, alleging that the claim that the act was consensual could not be true.
Mumbai: The National Commission for Women has approached Mumbai police seeking protection for the Tehelka woman journalist who has accused its editor Tarun Tejpal of sexual assault and claimed that her family was being pressurised
New Delhi: Under attack over the way she handled the complaint of a sexual assault of a woman colleague by Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, its Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury said she over-ruled his version and
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar court today rejected self-styled godman Asaram's bail application in the sexual assault case lodged against him by one of the two Surat-based sisters.Sessions judge D T Soni rejected Asaram's bail plea on
Surat/Ahmedabad: The Surat police has formed six teams to trace self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, whose whereabouts are not known after complaints of sexual assault were filed against the father-son duo by two
Jodhpur: Rajasthan Police is set to leave for Ahmedabad to interrogate self-styled godman Asaram Bapu after another team, which had been sent to Chhindwara Gurukul where the girl, who has accused him of sexual exploitation,
New York, Nov 28: Months after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, an investigative report shedding fresh light on the incident implies that the one time French presidential
New York, Aug 23 : Prosecutors sought on Monday to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying persistent lying by the hotel maid who accused
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