POCSO Act
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man awarded 3 years jail for stalking minor in 2017
Hyderabad: A local court on Thursday sentenced a Medchal resident to rigorous imprisonment for stalking a minor girl in 2017. On October 16, 2017, the LB Nagar police received a complaint from…
- India
Man sentenced to death for raping, killing 9-year-old girl in UP
Ghaziabad: A court here on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl last year. Special POCSO Judge Amit Kumar Prajpati said the culprit should be…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man sexually assaults teenage boy in Tallab Katta, shares video; held
Hyderabad: A notorious paedophile who is allegedly involved in POCSO cases was arrested by the Bhavaninagar police and remanded. The arrested person Irfan, a resident of Tallab Katta, in the Old City…
- India
Farmhouse owner’s wife alleges husband’s role in Satish Kaushik’s death
New Delhi: In connection with the veteran actor Satish Kaushik’s death, the owner of the farmhouse Vikas Malu’s second wife has levelled serious accusations against her husband, claiming his role in the…
- Delhi
Delhi: 7-yr-old sexually harassed by neighbour
New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl was sexually harassed by her neighbour in Delhi’s Gulabi Bagh area, police said on Saturday, adding that the accused has been arrested. On Wednesday night at 10.29…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 years RI for raping step-daughter multiple times
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a 39-year-old Hyderabad man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for sexually exploiting a minor girl…
- India
Maha: 55-yr-old man held for raping minor girl under pretext of chocolates
Aurangabad: A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl under the pretext of offering her chocolates in a village in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police arrest black magician under POCSO Act
Hyderabad: City police arrested a black magician on Friday under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for inappropriately touching a minor. On December 12, the police received a…
- Delhi
Delhi HC pulls up police for invoking Pocso Act after assuming victim a minor
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has pulled up police for invoking Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against an accused in an alleged rape case, presuming…
- Telangana
Telangana: 22-yr-old arrested for attempting to rape 5-yr-old girl
Hyderabad: A youngster was arrested on the charge of an attempt to rape a five-year-old on Saturday at Khaderpet village of Chennaraopet Mandal, Warangal, under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual…
- India
Arrest warrant against ex-Indian women’s football coach in POCSO case
New Delhi: A Delhi court has issued an arrest warrant against former Indian U-17 women’s football coach Alex Mario Ambrose accused of sexually abusing a woman athlete in June 2022 when the…
- India
MP: Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated in facility
Indore: A mentally unwell teen girl was raped in a facility for the specially-abled in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, the crime coming to light after she got pregnant, police said on Friday.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man sentenced to 3 yrs in jail for harassing minor girl
Hyderabad: A special POCSO court in Bhongir on Friday sentenced Maroju Satheesh alias Sathyanarayana Chary to 3 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 3000 for stalking and harassing…
- Kolkata
Man killed in Howrah for protesting against daughter’s molestation
Kolkata: A 35-year-old man was lynched in West Bengal’s Howrah district by two local youths after he made an attempt to prevent his minor daughter’s molestation. While the police have arrested one…
- India
Gujarat: BJP MLA among two booked under POCSO Act
Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Gajendrasinh Parmar and one Mahesh Patel from Himatnagar have been booked by Rajasthan Police under POCSO Act for sexual assault on a minor girl. Victim’s mother from…