Overview
- An Ernakulam sessions court gave six men 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the 2017 abduction and gang-rape of a Malayalam actor, ordered Rs 5 lakh compensation, and directed the assault video pen drive remain in police custody, as prosecutors said they will appeal for harsher punishment.
- In Indore, special POCSO courts imposed double life terms in two cases—a 42-year-old stepfather for repeated abuse of his stepdaughter and a 53-year-old man for assaulting two girls—with recommended compensation of Rs 3 lakh per survivor.
- The Bombay High Court cancelled bail for a stepfather accused of raping his minor stepdaughter over two years, calling the lower court’s order unreasonable and directing immediate arrest.
- Fast-track and special courts issued further 20-year sentences in cases involving minors in Shamli and Meerut (UP), Ranaghat and North Bengal districts (WB), and Badshahpur, Haryana, alongside fines and victim compensation orders.
- Police reported fresh action in ongoing matters, arresting a 21-year-old in Ballia after a rescued 17-year-old alleged 25 days of sexual assault in Mumbai and Pune, and detaining a suspect in Uttar Pradesh over a 2007 Palghar child rape-murder cold case.