57 verified cases involving Sexual offences, newest first.
A 36-year-old man and two others allegedly abducted and raped a six-year-old child and attempted to murder her on 9 May 2025. While two of the accused were apprehended, the 36-year-old evaded arrest. The case relates to an incident occurring soon after the accused's acquittal by the Supreme Court.
Prajwal Revanna, suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP, is accused of rape and sexual assault involving a maid who worked at a farmhouse belonging to the Revanna family. Multiple criminal cases involving over 2,900 videos depicting sexual assaults allegedly by Revanna were registered following a Special Investigation Team probe. A trial court in Bengaluru convicted Revanna in the first rape case in August 2025 and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court set aside the death penalty imposed on a convict for the 2016 sexual assault and murder of a four-year-old boy. The court commuted the sentence, citing procedural and legal considerations.
Akshay Shinde, an accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, died while in police custody. The Bombay High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into the circumstances of his death.
Journalist Umar Rashid filed a defamation case in Delhi High Court against an anonymous woman lawyer who made sexual harassment allegations against him. The case is a civil defamation proceeding arising from contested allegations.
A rape case has proceeded to trial in Karnataka after the High Court refused to quash the case despite the accused's claim that the alleged sexual act was consensual. A chargesheet was filed following the lodging of a complaint on May 1, 2024.
A special CBI court in Guwahati has framed charges against six men and ordered their trial in connection with a Manipur gang rape case investigated by the CBI.
H.D. Revanna faced criminal charges following an FIR registered on April 28, 2024, on a complaint by a survivor of sexual harassment. The Karnataka High Court discharged him of charges under Section 354 IPC, prompting the Karnataka government to challenge the order in the Supreme Court.
A homestay owner in Kodagu was arrested on April 19 on charges related to the rape of a US tourist. The Karnataka High Court found the arrest illegal and ordered ₹5 lakh compensation for breach of Fundamental Rights. The final chargesheet dropped rape and criminal intimidation charges, though investigation into the underlying matter continues.
Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh is accused of sexual harassment. Delhi Police registered an FIR and filed a chargesheet against him under IPC sections 354, 354A, 354D, and 506. The Delhi court has reserved its verdict, with judgment scheduled for August 3, 2026.
The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a seven-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl in Rajasthan.
A chargesheet was filed against several accused under various sections of the BNS, POCSO Act, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Juvenile Justice Act, and SC/ST Prevention Act in connection with a case involving a minor victim at a brothel. The Karnataka High Court granted bail to a brothel customer accused, noting that he could not be expected to know the age and caste of the victim.
Vishal was convicted of sexual assault under Section 8 of the POCSO Act. The conviction was based on witness testimony and documentary evidence after regular hearings.
A 12-year-old tribal girl in Nagaland was allegedly raped on at least three separate occasions. An accused man was arrested and later sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping the minor on December 13, 2022, when the victim went to collect firewood in a jungle.
An FIR was registered on December 7, 2016, against an unknown person for the rape of a 5-year-old girl under IPC Sections 363, 366A, 323, 376, 376(2)(i)(j) and POCSO Act Sections 3, 4, 5(m), 6. The accused Dhanraj was arrested in February 2017 and identified by the victim in a Test Identification Parade. The Supreme Court acquitted him, finding the identification procedure fatally flawed.
Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal was accused of rape, sexual harassment, wrongful confinement and assault of a woman journalist at a Goa resort in November 2013. After initial acquittal in 2021, the Bombay High Court's Goa bench convicted him in 2026 following final arguments on the chargesheet filed by Goa Police in February 2014.
On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped, brutally assaulted, and murdered in a moving bus in south Delhi. Six people were accused of the crime; one was a juvenile. Four adult convicts were sentenced to death and executed in March 2020 at Tihar jail. The case led to significant reforms in sexual assault laws in India.