POCSO Act
- India
Court accepts police report giving clean chit to Nawazuddin Siddiqui in molestation case
Muzaffarnagar: A special POCSO court here on Thursday accepted a police closure report giving clean chit to all five accused, including actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in a molestation case filed by his estranged…
- Bangalore
Arjuna award-winning Hockey player accused of rape, booked under POCSO act
Bengaluru: Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar was on Tuesday booked under the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a woman accused the defender of sexually abusing her multiple…
- India
Karnataka horror: Minor boys rape 10-year-old girl at knife-point
Kalaburagi: A disturbing incident of two minor boys raping a 10-year-old girl at knife-point and making a video of the act, has been reported from Kalaburagi district on Tuesday. The incident had…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC grants bail to Murugha math pontiff in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday granted bail to Shivamurthy Sharana, the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math who has been in custody since September last year, facing charges…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Man handed 20 yr jail term for raping minor girl
Hyderabad: Mahipal Reddy, 48, of Vikarabad district was handed a 20-year jail term by the Special Court for POCSO Act charges in Medchal. POCSO Act protects children from offences of sexual assault,…
- India
UP court summons actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife in molestation case
Muzaffarnagar: A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar has issued a notice to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Aliya Siddiqui asking her to appear in the…
- India
JU ragging-death case: 13 arrested accused booked under POCSO Act
Kolkata: All the 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University were booked under POCSO Act, police said on Friday. The accused were booked under the…
- Delhi
Crimes against children: SC says true justice is giving care, support to victims
New Delhi: True justice in cases of crimes against children is achieved not merely by nabbing the culprit or the severity of punishment meted out but by the support and security provided…
- India
Develop ‘support persons’ ecosystem for minor victims of sexual offences: SC to UP govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court recently directed the state of Uttar Pradesh to frame guidelines relating to appointment of support persons for minor victims of sexual offences under the POCSO (Protection of…