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Supreme Court Questions Ghaziabad Police, Orders Charge Sheet Given to Victim’s Father

The court left open a court‑monitored SIT or CBI investigation pending its review of the police filing.

Supreme Court Hands Gurugram Child-Assault Probe to All-Woman SIT

Supreme Court Removes Gurugram Police From Child-Rape Probe, Forms Women-Led SIT

DMK Youth-Wing Functionary Arrested in Toddler’s Death, Remanded Under POCSO

Jury Deliberates in Nuneaton Schoolgirl Rape Trial After Court Delay

Bargarh POCSO Court Sentences Prashanta Bag to Death for 2024 Rape-Murder of Six-Year-Old

Courts Deliver Harsh Sentences in Child Sex Cases as UP, Mumbai Police Report New Arrests

Punjab and Haryana HC Commutes Death Sentence to 30 Years in 2018 Child Rape-Murder, Acquits Mother

Courts Across India Issue 25-Year and Life Terms in Child Sexual-Assault Cases

Kerala POCSO Court Jails Man for Abducting, Sexually Assaulting Toddler

Limpopo Crèche Transport Driver, 66, Remanded Over Alleged Rape of Three-Year-Old

Louisiana Joins State AG Push Urging DOJ to Seek Reversal of Supreme Court Ban on Death Penalty for Child Rape

Nalgonda Court Imposes Double Death Sentence in 12-Year-Old Child Rape and Murder Case

Odisha POCSO Court Imposes 10-Year Rigorous Imprisonment in 2022 Minor Rape Case

Prosecution Calls for Maximum Sentence for Former Surgeon Accused of Assaulting 299 Victims

Fast-Track POCSO Trials in North India Deliver Landmark Sentences for Child Sexual Offences

West Bengal Man Sentenced to Death for Rape and Attempted Murder of 7-Month-Old