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Hyderabad: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped multiple times and impregnated by her elder brother in Bachupally on the city outskirts. According to the police, the girl’s 17-year-old brother was allegedly influenced by explicit content on social media and pornography and resorted to the crime. Since the last one year, the teenager, in the absence […]
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Chennai: In a significant judgment, the Madras High Court has held that an accused in a POCSO case might be allowed to cross-examine the victim, who was a minor at the time of occurrence, but a major (21 years old) now. Justice A D Jagadish Chandira gave the ruling while allowing a criminal original petition […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad/Mancherial: Telangana High Court judge Justice K Laxman expressed concern on growing violence against children and stressed the need to reduce crimes against them. He along with Collector Rahul Raj formally inaugurated a special court for disposing cases booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, here on Sunday. Justice […]
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has said that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was not intended for teenagers’ romantic affairs. The court granted bail to a POCSO accused youth, who ran away with a 14- year-old girl and got married with her in a temple. The youth, who was a minor […]
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Mainpuri: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the death of a 16-year-old school girl who was allegedly raped and found hanging in a prayer room in the school in 2019, has filed a 2,000-page charge sheet against the former principal of the residential school. Special public prosecutor (POCSO) Anoop Yadav said: “The charge sheet was […]
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Hyderabad: An increase of about nine per cent was witnessed in the overall crime in Rachakonda in 2021 with cybercrimes, crimes against women, kidnappings, POCSO cases and few conventional crimes, increasing. However, the Rachakonda police ensured the conviction rate increased, dealt with iron fist cases of women and child trafficking and busted major drug rackets […]
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Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the investigation into POCSO cases and instructed officials to complete the investigation within 60 days. Instructing the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit to close down places where illegal activities were carried out, he asked officials to check on activities of those involved in women […]
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Hyderabad: A police constable, Shekhar, attached to the Kukatpally police station has been booked on charges of misbehaving with a minor girl at her house in Shankerpally. The 14-year-old victim’s family was staying in a rented portion of the constable’s house in Shankerpally. According to the police, on Tuesday night, when the victim was alone […]
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Hyderabad: The Bharosa Centre is where women approach the police for help when they are harassed. The Cyberabad Bharosa Centre, however, had one unusual complainant last month, when a techie approached the Bharosa Centre for help to get back his wife who left him due to his addiction to alcohol. Apart from this not so […]
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By Mahitha Lingala In the wake of rapes and murder emanating from various parts of our country, the debate surrounding rape laws and its prevention in India has once again come to the forefront. Multiple stakeholders have voiced a variety of opinions – some giving it a communal tone, some blaming patriarchal attitudes towards women, […]
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Hyderabad: A nine-year-old girl was saved by locals after they saw her being taken away by a man into a vacant shop in Mangar Basthi of Habeebnagar. Though the man, identified as Sumeeth, 30, managed to escape when locals followed them into the shop, he was nabbed later and charged with kidnap and under the […]
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The court also imposed a fine on the suspended headmaster who was arrested after one of the victim's mother complained
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Court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 and in default of payment of the fine, the 28-year-old accused must undergo simple imprisonment for one year
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The court, which delivered the judgment in 164 days, directed the District Legal Services Authority to take steps for paying Rs 7 lakh as compensation to the victim at the earliest
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According to the police, the man, aged around 45 years is a native of Warangal.
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Neradigonda Sub-Inspector Bharat Suman said the accused was Jadav Athmaram, a 26-year-old priest and a native of Rajura village in Neradigonda mandal
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The study has revealed 51 per cent of cases under POCSO are being registered in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.
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Chandrama Rajbhar, 24, was arrested on Sunday for repeatedly raping the 17-year-old girl for the past one year, Station House Officer, Sukhpura, Virendra Yadav said.
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The assault came to light after the girl, staying with her mother, brother and grandparents, told about the abuse to one of her relatives 10 days ago, the police said.
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The case came to light in September, 2018 when the victim, all of 11 years, was found to be pregnant upon being taken to a doctor by her parents.
