POCSO Act
- Kerala
Kerala couple sentenced 180 years for sexual assault of daughter
Kerala: A couple in Kerala’s Manjeri area of Malappuram district were sentenced to 180 years of imprisonment each for repeated sexual assault of a minor girl by a Special Protection Of Children…
- Telangana
Telangana govt school attender held for sexual assault of minors
Hyderabad: The Karimnagar police on Tuesday, October 28, arrested an attendant of a government school for sexually assaulting and harassing minor students. The accused was identified as 30-year-old Mohammed Yakub Pasha. According…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP leader arrested for molesting school girl in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: A senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, Tatik Narayana Rao, was arrested in Tuni of Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Rao, posing…
- Telangana
Girl child raped and murdered in Telangana, accused still at large
Hyderabad: In a horrific incident, a minor girl was raped and murdered in Nalgonda town on Tuesday, October 7. The accused are still at large. According to an ETV Bharat report, which…
- Hyderabad
No mercy for child sexual offenders, says Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy said sexual offences against children through social media will be dealt with no mercy against the perpetrators of such crimes. He was addressing the inaugural day’s…
- Opinions
New law, old mindsets: Whom does Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita really protect?
By Sahiba Meher and Moumita Barman Imagine this: a 17-year-old boy is sexually assaulted. Under India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he is recognised as a victim. The law…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Accused in journalist suicide case charged with POCSO
Hyderabad: Purna Chandra Badhavat, accused in the suicide case of journalist Swetcha Votarkar has been charged under the POCSO Act by the Chikkadpally police on Sunday, June 29. The charges were levied after…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Mechanic gets 20 year RI for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on Wednesday, June 25, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in 2020. The convict was a 21-year-old mechanic and a resident…
- Andhra Pradesh
13 arrested after Dalit girl gangraped for 2 years in Andhra
Edgurallapalli: Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of 15 year-old Dalit girl in Sri Satya district for two years, said police. The horrific crime, which resulted in…
- Telangana
Telangana police on rescue of kidnapped minor girl attacked by accused’s family
Hyderabad: The rescue of a minor girl allegedly kidnapped from Bhainsa in Nirmal district a month ago, had led the police to a house in B Kondapur village of Chegunta mandal in…
- India
UP man strikes minor with brick exposing her skull after failed rape attempt
A 26-year-old man brutally assaulted a six-year-old girl with brick, exposing her skull, after his rape attempt failed. The incident occurred on Tuesday, June 10, at Kanpur’s Ghatampur town in Uttar Pradesh.…
- India
SC trashes appeals of two convicts in rape case of minor school girl
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of two convicts challenging the life imprisonment handed down by courts below for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in 2019 on the…
- Telangana
Jagtial woman beats son daily, villagers report child abuse
Hyderabad: A child was rescued after being subjected to a merciless beating by his mother in Tulasinagar locality of Jagtial district of Telangana. A video of the incident went viral on April…
- News
Middle aged man booked under POCSO in Humayun Nagar
Hyderabad: A middle-aged man has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly assaulting a 6-year-old girl in the Humayun Nagar area. The incident came to…
- Hyderabad
Man gets 20 year RI for raping minor in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A local court in Medchal Malkajgiri on Tuesday, April 9 sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The convict was identified as 64-year-old Bachhan…
