"pocso-act"

The probe into the racket began after a 15-year-old girl went missing from Rabodi and a kidnapping case was registered, the official said

Police said the girl’s mother, who returned home after being discharged from hospital, noticed that her daughter was in some distress and enquired about it.

According to police, the suspect Naveen Kumar (19), a bike mechanic from Ameerpet became friends with the 16-year-old girl from Patancheru on social media.

Child marriage is a crime and anyone indulging in it needs to be prosecuted

The incident came to the fore Sunday night when one of the three juvenile assailants sent the video to the mother of the boy and she approached the local police, they said

The matter came to light when she came to her house in Bagepalli taluk of Chikkaballapura district and complained of stomach pain.

The girl, aged around 11 years, was playing outside her house when the man, who is a native of Gujarat, on the pretext of giving chocolate , took the girl to his house and misbehaved with her.

In a shocking incident, an auto driver has been arrested after he raped a 12-year-old girl student of a school in Lucknow's Hazratganj area repeatedly for seven days.

Official sources said that a girl student lodged a police complaint alleging that a teacher approached her while she was seated in the classroom and forcibly removed and tore her hijab.

On September 8, 2022, a case was registered against him under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 506 (criminal intimidation) and the POCSO Act, he said.

The report further stated that in order to ensure that children get the best environment to grow and flourish, it is necessary to increase awareness regarding child sexual abuse and the varied forms it can take.

The Court also pronounced punishment under section 6 of the POCSO Act for twenty years and a fine of Rs 30,000.

However, the bench granted liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh application before the high court for releasing him on bail till his appeal against trial court's conviction order is decided

The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) had insisted that the accused be booked under POCSO Act.

A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl for 20 days after taking her to Delhi, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Saturday but was reported to the police on Sunday.

On Monday, the accused was held from near the Sector 59 metro station on the basis of an input, the official said

Following a tip-off, the police team arrested them and booked a case against them under sections of POCSO Act and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.

A 72-year-old man has been arrested in Hailakandi district in Assam on charges of raping his minor granddaughter, police said.

Cops registered cases under the POCSO Act, rape and harassment section against six persons including her boyfriend.