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Kailash Satyarthi appreciated the POCSO special court for resolving 146 cases against the total of 256 cases of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

The victim's mother said the incident came to light when the child complained about stomach pain on December 10

The POCSO Act 2012 aims to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography and provide for establishment of special courts for trial of such offences.

The man arrested by the police turned out to be innocent but not before spending one year in judicial custody.

After the trial, the IX ADJ cum Special POCSO court at LB Nagar sentenced him for a 20 years jail term.

The Delhi High Court has observed that the intention of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is to protect children minor from sexual exploitation and that it was never meant to criminalise consensual romantic relationships between young adults.

As per the information, the incident took place under the limits of Ramkrishna Nagar police station in Southern Assam.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has held that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and IPC Acts are substantive and prevail over personal laws. A bench headed by Justice Rajendra Badamikar made the observation recently while looking into the bail petition of a 19-year-old rape-accused from Chikkamagaluru. The accused had lured a 16-year-old […]

Sangareddy: A private school teacher was arrested on charges of sexually harassing a Class 9 girl student in Sangareddy town on Sunday. According to the Sangareddy Town Police, the parents of the girl approached the police on Saturday evening. After an inquiry with the management and the victim’s classmates, the police found that the girl’s […]

A special court dealing with POCSO cases on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of imprisonment and his wife to three years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl at Buthayi village in Ichoda mandal five years ago.

Siddipet: A man, who allegedly raped his two step-daughters multiple times in the absence of their mother, is on the run after the police were alerted by neighbours. According to the Dubbaka Police, the mother of the two victims, had married a man three years ago after her first husband died a few years ago. […]

ADGP, Women Safety Wing (WSW), Swati Lakra welcomed the judgement pronounced by Special POCSO fast-track court in Sangareddy district in connection with the Ameenpur rape and murder case of a minor girl.

A local court in Chitradurga will, on Friday, pronounce its verdict on the bail petition of rape accused Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaruo in the Lingayat mutt sex scandal case.

Mahabubabad: POCSO fast-track court judge P Vasant Patil has found Gabbeta Chandraiah (41) of Garnepally village in Zaffergadh mandal of Jangaon district guilty of raping a minor girl , and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs 2,000 on him on Friday. Chandraiah was arrested as the rape case was […]

There are multiple alarming trends in the just-released report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB). An increase in the instances of crime against women and children and a sharp rise in the number of suicides among daily wage earners are among the ominous indicators of a society that is grappling with the long-term socio-economic […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case lodged under the provision of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and upheld the marriage between the accused and the victim. The bench observed on Tuesday that the incident had taken place when the victim was 17 years. However, she married the accused […]

Amethi: A principal in a private school has been arrested for allegedly molesting a Class 11 student. According to police reports, the principal had summoned the girl on Sunday to fill a form. Despite it being a holiday, the 17-year-old went to the school with her Aadhaar card to fill the form. The girl later […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against Reverend Prasanna Kumar Samuel in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Prasanna Kumar Samuel is a Bishop of Church of South India (CSI) Karnataka Central Diocese, Bengaluru. The case was registered against five people, including Prasanna Kumar Samuel […]

Hyderabad:  The City Police Cybercrime wing has intensified efforts to identify persons who shared the videos of the Jubilee Hills gang-rape victim on social media. Five cases were booked by the Hyderabad Cybercrime police against different persons who allegedly circulated the videos on social media and revealed the identity of the victim in violation of […]

Hyderabad: IT Minister KT Rama Rao has on Thursday welcomed the reported move of the Telangana police to appeal before the Juvenile Board seeking exemption for trial of the juveniles apprehended in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case as adults. “If you are adult enough to commit a crime as heinous as rape, one must also […]