POCSO Act
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man charged under POCSO Act sentenced to 20 yrs jail
Hyderabad: The Additional Sessions Judge in Nampally, Hyderabad, convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, accused under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court also imposed…
- Bangalore
Class 9 student gives birth in hostel in Karnataka
Karwar: A shocking incident has come to light in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, where a Class 9 student reportedly gave birth to a baby while staying in a hostel in Sirsi…
- Telangana
Why no notice to Bandi Sanjay in son’s POCSO case? RS Praveen asks
Hyderabad: BRS leader and former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar on Friday, June 12, launched a scathing attack on the Telangana Police and the Congress government over their handling of POCSO cases…
- India
SC quashes POCSO case against man using extraordinary power
New Delhi: Invoking its extraordinary authority under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a man sentenced under the POCSO Act after noting that the victim…
- Telangana
Telangana teen girl dies by suicide, saffron groups allege ‘love jihad’
Hyderabad: A minor girl died by suicide in Narayanpet town, after the man she loved, who promised to marry her- refused to keep his promise. The minor girl aged 16, and the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Auto driver gets 20 years jail in Rajendranagar POCSO Case
Hyderabad: A fast-track court for child-related offences on Wednesday, May 27, sentenced a 46-year-old auto driver to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a child sexual assault case reported in Rajendranagar in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra man continued to rape 15-year-old despite her bleeding profusely
Amaravati: A 19-year-old youth allegedly raped a 15-year-old minor, leaving her with grievous injuries and severe blood loss in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district. The accused, identified as Eshwar, a resident of Kotluru…
- India
Self-styled godman Asaram acquited of gang rape charges in minor rape case
Jodhpur: Former self-styled godman Asaram received partial relief from the Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday, May 27, after it acquitted him of charges related to gang rape and gang penetrative sexual assault…
- Hyderabad
Bandi Bageerath POCSO case: Telangana Police gets 3-day custody
Hyderabad: A Malkajgiri court on Tuesday, May 26, granted three days’ police custody of Bandi Bageerath, who has been accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. It is…
- Hyderabad
Telangana CM clarifies POCSO accused Bandi Bageerath was arrested
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has affirmed that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case accused Bandi Bageerath was taken into custody at Appa Junction during a vehicle…
- Telangana
Bandi Bageerath POCSO case: 24 media houses booked for victim’s identity leak
Hyderabad: The Petbasheerabad police on Sunday, May 17, registered fresh criminal cases against 24 media organisations for allegedly broadcasting and publishing photographs, videos and personal details of a minor girl and her…
