Overview
- In Pratapgarh, a POCSO court sentenced Sameer Ahmed to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old, with a ₹1 lakh fine ordered for the survivor’s rehabilitation.
- A Junnar sessions court handed Avinash Laxman Lagad a life term for the 2018 kidnapping and rape of a four-year-old, finding guilt proven through medical findings and corroborating witnesses.
- The Junnar order noted the child later turned hostile but upheld conviction on the strength of a consistent evidentiary chain and referred the matter to the District Legal Services Authority for compensation.
- Kaushambi police arrested a 42-year-old neighbour accused of raping a 15-year-old; an FIR was filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO, the girl’s statement was recorded, and a medical examination was ordered.
- Mumbai police arrested two men in an alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old in Malwani and launched a manhunt for a third suspect after an FIR was registered late last week.