POCSO Act
- 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…
- India
2017 Walayar rape-murder case: Kerala HC gives relief to parents of two girls
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday through an interim order asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to take any action, including arrest, against the parents of two Dalit girls…
- Hyderabad
Three juveniles booked for sexually assaulting minor in Gachibowli
Hyderabad: A class 9 girl was sexually assaulted by three juvenile boys at a school in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli. The accused have been arrested. The victim befriended one of the boys who allegedly…
- Bangalore
Karnataka court issues summons to Yediyurappa in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The First Fast Track court in Bengaluru on Friday issued summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in connection with a Protection of Children…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 yrs in jail for rape of minor girl
Hyderabad: In a swift judgment, the Special Court for POCSO cases at LB Nagar in Hyderabad has sentenced Velishala Sudhakar, an office boy at an international school in Kothapet, to 20 years…
