POCSO Act
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Man gets 20 years for sexually assaulting minor in Latur
Latur: A court in Maharashtra’s Latur district has sentenced a youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him for repeatedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. In its order on Thursday,…
- Top Stories
Class 5 boys sexually assaulted at Hyderabad residential school
Hyderabad: Three Telangana Government Minorities Residential School students near Hyderabad’s Serlingampally were booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual assault of two junior boys, police said on Monday, August 3. The…
- Hyderabad
Man held for sexually assaulting 4-year-old in Malkajgiri
Hyderabad: A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in Malkajgiri police limits on Sunday, July 26. The convict, identified as Ravi Kumar, worked at a tent house in…
- Hate Crime
MP cop rapes minor Dalit while colleague keeps watch, both held
Bhopal: A policeman allegedly lured a 17-year-old Dalit girl on the pretext of inviting her to his daughter’s birthday party and raped her in Bhopal, while his colleague kept watch with his…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC grants bail to man accused of stalking minor
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has granted bail to a man accused of stalking a minor girl, threatening to morph her photographs into obscene images and post them on social media, and later…
- Telangana
Telangana Police constable held under POCSO had two prior cases
Hyderabad: A police constable in Telangana’s Nalgonda district was suspended from duty on Monday, July 20, after being convicted by a court in connection with a case registered against him under the Protection…
- Opinions
Nikah halala cannot become a shield against criminal law
The Allahabad High Court’s refusal to quash a first information report (FIR) alleging repeated rape under the guise of nikah halala is a significant reminder of a constitutional first principle: criminal law…
- Television News
TV actor Rohit Chandel arrested for allegedly harassing a minor
Mumbai: Actor Rohit Chandel, who predominantly works in television has been arrested by the Ghatkopar police for allegedly stalking, repeatedly calling, harassing and assaulting a 16-year-old girl in an eastern suburb of…
- Telangana
Ranga Reddy horror: Man kills 6 family members, including wife, sons
Hyderabad: A 28-year-old man allegedly hacked six members of his family to death, including his wife and two minor sons, in a gruesome incident at Daivalaguda village in Shabad mandal of Ranga…
- Telangana
POCSO case: Telangana HC defers Bandi Bageerath bail plea to July 8
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, July 3, adjourned the hearing on a bail petition filed by Bandi Bageerath in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
- Crime
Hyderabad: POCSO accused sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment
Hyderabad: A Telangana court on Tuesday, June 30, sentenced a POCSO accused to three years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor boy in Bandlaguda Jagir in Gandipet Mandal. The incident is…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 20 years jail for kidnapping, assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A fast-track special court on Monday, June 29, sentenced a 25-year-old labourer to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, in a case that took…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad CP lauds couple for saving girl aged 7 from sexual assault
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar commended the effrots of a couple for being vigilant and taking prompt action to prevent sexual assault on a seven year old minor girl under the…
- Telangana
Bandi Bageerath surrenders after special exam bail ends
Hyderabad: Bandi Sai Bageerath, the POCSO accused and son of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, surrendered back at Cherlapally Central Prison on Thursday, June 25, after his week-long interim bail period came…
- Hyderabad
Retired HMWSSB employee gets 21 years in jail for raping minor
Hyderabad: A fast-track POCSO court in Hyderabad sentenced 81-year-old Voosa Venkat Narayana, a retired employee of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), to 21 years of rigorous imprisonment on…
