39 verified cases involving Assault, newest first.
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men posing as police officers at Aastha Kunj Park in Delhi. The Delhi Police have registered a case and are investigating the involvement of the accused, including allegations of conspiracy.
A 22-year-old woman filed a complaint alleging she was repeatedly raped by six individuals, including two railway police officers, in Yadgir, Karnataka.
A gang-rape incident occurred involving a minor victim on a bus in Delhi. An FIR was registered under gang rape and assault sections of the BNS and POCSO Act provisions. Delhi Police stated they were framing a 'watertight' chargesheet in the case.
Five youths, including two minors, were arrested under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl near Peravurani in Thanjavur district on 30 August 2026.
R Veeramani, a granite businessman and chairman of a company, and two associates were arrested in a POCSO case involving alleged sexual assault of a minor girl. The case was registered nearly 11 months before the arrest; investigators had previously sought to close the probe, but their bid was rejected.
A case involving a school manager accused of assaulting and hurling caste-based abuses at the father of two students. The Supreme Court examined whether caste abuse committed inside an enclosed space constitutes an offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
The Supreme Court quashed an SC/ST Act offence against a school manager accused of assaulting and hurling caste-based abuses. The Court held that caste abuse in an enclosed space and without a specific caste-based utterance in public view does not constitute an offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Two separate FIRs were registered against SFI (Student Federation of India) activists at a Sanskrit varsity campus following protests on August 13 and August 16, 2026. The charges include unlawful assembly, rioting, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt and grievous hurt, assault on women, and assault on public servants. The accused were subsequently granted bail by the court.
A man died in hospital following an alleged assault during an audit conducted as part of a 'School Thik Karo' campaign in West Bengal. An FIR was lodged at Indus Police Station on August 15, 2026, against five persons under sections related to criminal conspiracy, attempt-to-murder, grievous hurt, and murder.
A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped by Arvind Valmiki (24), a man known to her family, in front of her 11-year-old brother in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, while the siblings were returning home from school. The accused also assaulted the brother when he tried to intervene. The incident occurred after the accused offered the children a motorcycle ride to a secluded location.
The Supreme Court refused to restore a conviction under IPC Section 302 (murder) in a case involving serious assault. The victim provided a detailed blow-by-blow account describing 22 injuries, including grievous ones, which raised serious doubts regarding the conviction in the Court's assessment.
A delivery boy was assaulted by an unidentified group of four to five individuals with their hands and a wooden stick, causing bleeding injuries to his back, head, and nose. An FIR was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
A 24-year-old pickup driver, Mohd Azim, died following an alleged assault by kanwariyas after a road accident on NH-9 in Hapur. Police arrested multiple accused and added murder charges (BNS section 103(1)) to the FIR, which originally charged attempt to murder, rioting with deadly weapon, and grievous hurt.
An FIR was registered on 28 July 2026 in Ghaziabad under multiple BNS sections including rape, assault on a woman with intent to outrage modesty, sexual harassment, and criminal intimidation. The Allahabad High Court questioned why an earlier complaint dated 7 July 2026 did not result in FIR registration.
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped for three days in a hotel in the PGI area of Lucknow. Five persons were arrested, including two women and a 70-year-old man. FIR was registered under BNS and POCSO Act provisions.
An FIR was registered following a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20, 2026, in which a youth identified as Sahil Lochab sustained pellet injuries. The FIR was registered after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi held a dharna at Delhi Police station. The case involves charges under BNS sections 118 and 125 relating to voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons and acts endangering life or personal safety.
Police in Kolkata launched an investigation into a case of alleged abduction, assault, and extortion stemming from political rivalry in the Bazarait area under Bodra Police Station jurisdiction in Bhangar. A formal FIR was registered following the complaint.
Abhishek Porel, a wicketkeeper-batter for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was arrested by Bengal Police in Hooghly district following a complaint by a woman alleging that he had sexual relations with her on the promise of marriage. The allegations also include rape, assault, criminal intimidation, and threats to leak intimate images.
A lawyer alleged an assault at their Delhi home and approached the Supreme Court seeking police security. The petitioner alleged that the accused are politically influential and police initially refused to register an FIR.
A Supreme Court advocate alleged he was assaulted at his Delhi home, sustaining grievous injuries including 8 stitches on his head. An FIR was registered at Model Town Police Station on July 11 under BNS Sections 332(c), 115(2), and 3(5). The advocate moved the Supreme Court seeking police protection and alleging the investigating officer failed to invoke provisions relating to attempt to murder and grievous hurt.