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Bishop Franco Mulakkal was acquitted by the Additional District and Sessions Court in Kottayam on 9 February 2022 regarding allegations of the rape and sexual assault of a nun. As of 23 October 2026, an appeal against this acquittal filed by the State and the complainant is pending before the Kerala High Court.
The Kerala High Court upheld the conviction and 10-year prison sentence of a man who raped a 73-year-old woman in Thrissur. The accused had allegedly committed the crime under the pretext of performing rituals to remove evil spirits.
In a judgment delivered on 17 October 2026, the Patna High Court modified a 2010 conviction by setting aside a charge of attempted rape. The court ruled that entering a woman’s house at night, extinguishing a lamp, and covering her mouth constitutes outraging the modesty of a woman rather than an attempt to commit rape, while upholding convictions for assault and house trespass. The accused was ordered to pay ₹25,000 as compensation to the victim on 17 October 2026.
A Gandhinagar court convicted Asaram Bapu on 30 January 2023 for the rape and sodomy of a former devotee, while six co-accused were acquitted. Following the Gujarat High Court's rejection of his temporary bail plea on 21 September 2026, the Supreme Court permitted Asaram to withdraw his plea for interim bail on 14 October 2026, noting his existing parole in a separate Jodhpur matter.
On 10 October 2026, the Patna High Court modified Md. Ainul Haque's conviction from attempted rape to outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 354 of the IPC, ruling that evidence of an overt act toward penetration was absent. Following this judgment, the Court sentenced the accused on 14 October 2026 to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 and mandated compensation for the victim.
The Kerala High Court affirmed on 2 August 2026 the conviction and ten-year prison sentence of a cosmetology centre manager for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old employee using a vibrating machine. The court ruled that the forced placement of the device on the victim's vaginal opening constitutes penetrative sexual assault under the POCSO Act.
An accused was acquitted by the Delhi High Court in a POCSO case on appeal. The trial court had convicted the appellant under sections 376AB and 341 IPC and section 6 POCSO Act on September 4, 2025, but the High Court found the victim's distress in court insufficient for conviction.
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.
The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court judgment that had interpreted 'sexual assault' under the POCSO Act as requiring direct skin-to-skin contact. The apex court clarified that physical contact made with sexual intent is sufficient to constitute an offence under the Act.
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