Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Three-Year POCSO Jail Term; Andhra Crime News Roundup
This news tells about several serious crimes that happened in a part of India called Andhra Pradesh.
In one case, a man hurt a teenage girl a long time ago, and a judge sent him to jail for three years.
The judge also said the man must pay a fine and give some money to the girl to help her.
In another case, a college student is accused of hurting a woman he liked and setting her body on fire.
Police found the woman's body near a canal and arrested the student.
Police also caught a man who was hiding after a big amount of a drug called ganja was found.
A school teacher died when a truck hit his motorbike on the road.
A young driver died by suicide because he felt very sad about family problems.
Police and courts are working to catch people who break the law and keep everyone safe.
A special POCSO court in Ongole sentenced 21-year-old Marthala Mahendra Reddy to three years' imprisonment and a ₹5,000 fine for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in September 2017.
The court also directed ₹4,000 to be paid to the survivor as compensation in the case that was prosecuted by Special Public Prosecutor Gottipati Srinivasa Rao.
B.Tech student Bala Saidulu was arrested for allegedly stabbing his lover to death and burning her body near the Chintapalli Right Canal bund at Karampudi in Palnadu district after her family filed a missing complaint on August 4.
Police arrested absconding ganja smuggling accused Madhab of Odisha, linked to about 1,373 kg of dry ganja seized near Labburu in Alluri Sitarama Raju district on July 13.
A 58-year-old Hindi teacher, Dasari Chandrasekhar, died after a lorry hit his motorcycle near Jalantrakota in Srikakulam, and 25-year-old driver Majji Hemanth Kumar died by suicide amid family disputes.
- Who
- Marthala Mahendra Reddy (sentenced in a POCSO case), Bala Saidulu (arrested for murder), ganja smuggling accused Madhab, teacher Dasari Chandrasekhar and driver Majji Hemanth Kumar, all in Andhra Pradesh.
- What
- A roundup of crime news: a three-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting a minor, a murder and body-burning arrest, a ganja smuggling arrest, a fatal road accident, and a suicide.
- When
- The POCSO sentencing and several arrests were reported on a Friday; the missing complaint was filed on August 4; about 1,373 kg of ganja was seized on July 13; the assault occurred on September 15, 2017.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh, India — Ongole, Addanki, Donakonda mandal, Srikakulam district, Alluri Sitarama Raju district and Palnadu district.
- Why
- Courts and police delivered a POCSO conviction; the murder followed an argument between a couple; the ganja arrest followed a drug seizure investigation; the teacher's death was a road accident and the suicide followed family disputes.
- POCSO jail term
- 3 years
- Fine imposed
- ₹5,000
- Compensation to survivor
- ₹4,000
- Victim's age at offence
- 17 years
- Offence date
- September 15, 2017
- Ganja seized
- About 1,373 kg
- Murder accused
- Bala Saidulu, B.Tech student, arrested
- Fatal accident victim
- Dasari Chandrasekhar, 58, Hindi teacher