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Sexual violence is one of the most heinous crimes against women. Sexual assault is a violation of the dignity of a person. The present prospective descriptive study was conducted in the department of Forensic Medicine, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar medical college, Bengaluru, Karnataka, South India for a period of one year from January to December 2014, where victims of alleged sexual assault cases were brought in for examination. Majority of victims, 77 out of 149 were between 16 - 20 years. 107 victims (71.8%) were educated up to school level. 101 victims were students. 85.2% cases were unmarried victims. In 106 (71.1%) cases, accused was known to the victim. 54 cases (36.3%) of sexual assault occurred in the house of the victim or accused. 65.1% victims in our study had bodily injuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]