POCSO
- Chennai
POCSO case filed against 4 members of Isha Foundation school in Coimbatore
The All Women Police Station in Perur in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, have registered POCSO cases against four staffers and a former student of a school run by the Isha Foundation, following a…
- Telangana
UP man arrested for attempting to rape 3 year old in Warangal
Hyderabad: A migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh was arrested in Warangal on Thursday, April 17 for attempting to rape a 3-year-old girl. The accused, identified as Ramzan, lured the girl and took…
- Bangalore
HC grants interim relief to ex-Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has granted interim relief to former Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case…
- Hyderabad
Man sentenced to 3 yrs in jail for sexually assaulting minor in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A local court on Monday, March 3, sentenced a man to three years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2019. The convict, 23-year-old Yasa Sumanth Reddy from…
- Telangana
Telangana: Student sentenced to jail for sexually harassing minor
Hyderabad: A Telangana fast-track court, on Wednesday, February 19, convicted and sentenced a man to one-year rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a minor girl in 2023. The convicted, Palappu Mahindra, 20, a…
- Telangana
POCSO case against stepfather for raping daughters in Telangana
Hyderabad: A shocking incident has surfaced from Telangana’s Suryapet district where a government teacher allegedly raped the daughters of his second wife. The accused named Sunil Kumar is a teacher at a local…
- Bangalore
HC to deliver judgment on Yediyurappa’s plea to quash POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court will pronounce its judgment on a petition filed by former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, seeking to quash charges against him under a…
- India
Teen babysitter tortured, beaten to death in Chennai; POCSO Act invoked
Chennai: A 15-year-old girl, employed as a babysitter was tortured and beaten to death here and six persons, including the couple who hired her have been arrested, police said on Sunday. Though…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man gets lifer for sexually assaulting minor sister in law
Hyderabad: A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday, October 9 by a local court for sexually assaulting his minor sister-in-law. The convict was tried for a POCSO case dating back…
- India
Watching child pornography in private POCSO offence: SC quashes HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a decision of the Madras High Court which had held that watching pornography involving children in private would not fall within the scope…
- Bangalore
Hearing on POCSO case against Yediyurappa adjourned to Sept 19
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday adjourned to September 19 the hearing on a petition filed by former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seeking quashing of a POCSO case against him.…
- India
Karnataka HC rejects school teacher’s plea to quash POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has declined to quash a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case against a school teacher accused of recording videos of girl students while they were…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC to hear Yediyurappa POCSO case on Sep 5 as CID seeks adjournment
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court single bench on Friday adjourned to September 5 the hearing on the quash petition of former Chief Minister and BJP central parliamentary committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: 8-yr-old girl sexually assaulted in NTR district
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 22-year-old man in Tiruvuru, NTR district of Andhra Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Thota Chandu, a native of Vissannapetaa. The victim also…