POSCO Act
- India
‘Physical relations’ not synonymous with sexual assault: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase ‘physical relations’ by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. A…
- Entertainment
Ekta Kapoor offers clarification on POCSO case
Mumbai: After a case was booked against Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor under POCSO Act for showing obscene scenes of juvenile girls in an episode series ‘Gandi Baat’, TV czarina’s…
- News
Telangana: Woman held under POCSO Act for eloping with minor
Hyderabad: Siddipet police arrested a 27-year-old woman for eloping with a minor boy to marry him. The accused has been identified as Radha, who lives with her husband and two children in…
- Bangalore
POSCO case: Karnataka HC directs police not to arrest Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, who is facing arrest in connection with a Pocso case, got temporary relief on Friday as the High Court directed the…
- News
Mumbai: Minor booked for raping, impregnating sister after watching porn
A 13-year-old boy was booked for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old sister in Mumbai on Sunday, May 21. The police were alerted after the victim’s parents visited Vashi General Hospital to…
- News
Telangana: 3 arrested for sexually assaulting a minor
Hyderabad: Jagital town police on Monday, March 26, apprehended three individuals, including a juvenile, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl multiple times at different places. They have been booked under the…
- News
Hyderabad: Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment under POSCO Act
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonments after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor girl. The convict, Tarun, 20, was convicted under POSCO Act.…
- India
Gen Z addicted to porn, punishment not a solution: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday, January 12, quashed a case registered by police against a Chennai youngster for downloading and watching two child porno videos on his phone. The Ambattur…
- Bangalore
Minor delivers baby in Karnataka residential school, POCSO case filed
Chikkaballapura: A class 9 student of a government residential school was eight months pregnant when she gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital here, police said on Thursday, January 11,…
- India
Principal held for raping minor girl student in Bengaluru school
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old girl studying in Class 2 in Bengaluru school was raped by the principal, police said on Friday. The incident took place when the girl had…
- India
Assam’s child marriage conviction rate: 494 out of 8,773 charge-sheeted
Guwahati: A mere 494 persons out of 8,773 people who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and POCSO cases in Assam have been convicted since 2017, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
- India
Need to amend POCSO Act to allow consensual relationship between adolescents: NCP MP
New Delhi: NCP MP Vandana Chavan on Wednesday urged the government to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to revise the age of consent and prevent the criminalisation…
- Chennai
Cop, BJP worker, journo among 13 handed jail term for pushing teen into flesh trade
Chennai: A POCSO court here sentenced eight people to life imprisonment on Monday for raping and pushing a teenage girl into prostitution, while a police inspector, BJP functionary and journalist were among…
- India
UP: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, set on fire succumbs to burns
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang raped and then set on fire by two persons in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on September 7 when the victim was…
- India
UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens, according…
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