Minor

Police rescue four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction

The police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India

Man held in Karnataka for raping Russian minor at North Goa resort

The accused, Ravi Lamani, was arrested by a team of Pernem police on 10 May at Gadag in Karnataka

Minor girl dies after suspected gangrape at a birthday party, son of local TMC leader held

The mother of the girl alleged that a group of people forcibly took the minor's body for cremation even before her death certificate was issued

Four women dead after minor mows down people on footpath Telangana’s Karimnagar

A case has been registered under section 304 of Indian Penal Code on the minors travelling in the car says V Satyanarayana, Commissioner of Police, Karimnagar

Supreme Court reserves verdict on appeals against 'skin-to-skin' judgment of Bombay HC

The earlier Bombay HC verdict had said that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the POCSO Act

Odisha tribal girl raped for months by husband of residential school headmistress; cops arrest accused after minor found pregnant

A Class VII student of a state-run residential school in Odisha's Koraput district was raped for months allegedly by the headmistress' husband, who has been arrested after she was found to be three months pregnant, police said on Saturday.

Teenager arrested for allegedly raping three-year-old girl in Haryana’s Dharuhera; investigation underway

A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager when she was playing outside her home in Haryana's Dharuhera, police said on Tuesday.

Prosecutor on R. Kelly child pornography case alleges that more people could be charged

R. Kelly, 52, is being held without bond on charges that include producing child pornography and coercing minors to engage in sex

Sundance co-founder Sterling Van Wagenen receives 'at least 6 years in prison' in sexual abuse case

The judge who delivered the sentence of six years to life said that he hopes the parole board will keep 72-year-old Sundance co-founder in prison longer than the minimum

Sundance Film Festival co-founder Sterling Van Wagenen pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a minor

Sundance co-founder Sterling Van Wagenen, 71, entered the plea as part of an agreement that includes a sentence of six years to life. He plans to plead guilty to a second charge involving the same survivor later this week