41 verified cases involving Rape, newest first.
Four individuals, including three juveniles, were arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a minor girl in Delhi's Swaroop Nagar area. The Delhi Police are reportedly considering requesting the Juvenile Justice Board to try the three juveniles as adults.
A case involving the rape and murder of a teenage girl in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir. A Special Investigation Team arrested six persons, including an alleged rapist teacher and a nurse involved in an illegal abortion. The case incorporates charges under the POCSO Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered a CBI probe into a police encounter in Shravasti district, Uttar Pradesh, where a 36-year-old rape accused was shot in both legs in May 2025. The court directed the trial court to pass a fresh order on the discharge application of the convict after providing adequate legal aid.
A Mumbai court extended police custody of a rape complainant and sent her advocate to judicial custody in connection with an extortion case. The investigation involved verification of voice recordings and search for alleged accomplices including Bait Khan.
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.
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.
The Supreme Court of India has ordered a fresh investigation into the 2012 rape and murder of a girl in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, following renewed public and legal interest in the case.
The Uttarakhand High Court quashed a rape case against a man accused of establishing a physical relationship on a false promise of marriage via Tinder. The court held that a consensual relationship that subsequently fails to culminate in marriage does not constitute rape under Section 376 IPC and does not disclose an actionable offence of sexual intercourse induced by false promise of marriage.
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 seven-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered inside an under-construction mall in Ghaziabad's Raj Nagar Extension. Two persons, including an 18-year-old labourer named Vinay, were arrested in connection with the crime. The victim's body was recovered from the basement/sub-basement of the building with multiple injury marks.
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to submit an affidavit regarding the death of an accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case. The accused died during an encounter with law enforcement.
A 12-year-old girl's body was recovered from a pond in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal on July 5, 2026. She was allegedly raped and murdered. Three persons were arrested in connection with the case; one accused, Prabhas Mondal, was killed in a police encounter on July 8, 2026. The case triggered significant public unrest and mob violence in the area.
A 14-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 9-month-old girl, his relative, in a village in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The accused claimed during police interrogation that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.
A case involving the placement of a vibrating machine on a victim's vaginal opening was heard by the Kerala High Court. The court held that such conduct constitutes penetrative sexual assault equivalent to rape under the POCSO Act.
A 65-year-old accused was convicted and awarded death penalty for rape and murder of a minor. The case gained attention for the speed of investigation and trial. Police collected evidence from multiple sources and coordinated with forensic experts. A comprehensive chargesheet of 1,200 pages was filed on May 16.
A Ghaziabad man is accused of a series of crimes spanning two decades, including a 2006 homicide, a 2017 double murder, and a 2026 rape-murder case. A 70-year-old woman and a 9-year-old boy were sexually assaulted and killed approximately 8 years prior to reporting. Balraj obtained bail in 2025 and was subsequently employed as a caretaker.
Sri Gopi Reddy Karthik Reddy, a student of Manipal Institute of Technology who has been in judicial custody, is involved in a bail hearing before the Karnataka High Court in connection with a rape case.
The Sikkim High Court upheld a 10-year jail term for a man convicted of raping a minor. The court referenced lyrics from a song to emphasize the importance of mental health and support for victims.
A special court in Thoothukudi sentenced M Dharma Muneeswaran to death for the rape and murder of a minor girl. The court delivered the verdict on two separate counts of the offences.