Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Hyderabad Court Sentences Stalker to Three Years’ Imprisonment
A court in Hyderabad found a 26-year-old man guilty of harassing a schoolgirl.
The man first got her phone number through her classmates.
He repeatedly asked her to meet him outside school.
He threatened to hurt himself when she refused.
After her parents warned him, the harassment stopped for a while.
Two years later, he contacted her again using WhatsApp and Instagram.
He also asked for explicit photographs and threatened to abduct her after she turned eighteen.
The court sentenced him to three years in prison and fined him Rs 20,000.
A Hyderabad fast-track POCSO court sentenced 26-year-old Swami to three years in prison.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 after his conviction.
Swami stalked and sexually harassed a ninth-grade student through repeated messages and threats.
He allegedly demanded explicit photographs through WhatsApp and Instagram and threatened abduction.
Shivampet police investigated the family’s complaint before charges were filed and trial concluded.
- Who
- A 26-year-old man named Swami and a ninth-grade student were involved; Judge R.M. Subhavali delivered the verdict.
- What
- Swami was convicted of stalking, threatening and sexually harassing a minor girl and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment plus a Rs 20,000 fine.
- When
- The harassment escalated in May 2024; the verdict followed the subsequent investigation and trial.
- Where
- The case was heard by a local fast-track POCSO court in Hyderabad, with Shivampet police registering the case.
- Why
- The victim’s family filed a formal complaint after alleged repeated harassment, demands for explicit photographs and threats to abduct the girl.
- Sentence
- Three years’ imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 20,000
- Accused
- Swami, aged 26
- Victim
- A ninth-grade minor girl
- Online platforms
- WhatsApp and Instagram
- Case registration
- Shivampet police registered the complaint under relevant POCSO Act and Indian Penal Code sections
- Verdict
- Delivered by Judge R.M. Subhavali