POCSO Act
- India
Two more minor victims lodge POCSO case against arrested K’taka Lingayat seer
Mysuru: Two more minor victims have lodged a POCSO case against rape accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of the Chitradurga Murugha mutt, who is currently under judicial custody, police said on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: POCSO court sends school teacher to jail for stalking minor girl
Hyderabad: A POCSO court awarded a three-year jail term to a school teacher for stalking a minor girl in Hyderabad. The teacher, Yacharam Ramesh, aged 25 years, was harassing the 17-year-old girl.…
- Bangalore
17-yr-old girl gang-raped in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Bengaluru by a group of boys known to her, the police said on Saturday. The parents of the victim have lodged a complaint with…
- India
UP teacher held under POCSO Act for misbehaving with girl
Lucknow: A teacher of a prominent school in Lucknow has been booked under the POCSO Act and detained after a Class 6 girl student accused him of touching her inappropriately during an…
- India
Raj: Teenage girl sold by her mother’s live-in partner, married off to 40-yr-old man
Jaipur: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly sold by her mother’s live-in partner for 3 lakh and married to a 40-year-old man in Rajasthan’s Dholpur, police said. The girl said her husband used…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two arrested in Dabeerpura minor girl gang rape case
Hyderabad: The Dabeerpura police have arrested two accused allegedly involved in the kidnap and gang rape of a minor girl. Assistant Commissioner of Police Mirchowk G Prasada Rao said that on September…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC quashes POCSO case against boy who eloped with girlfriend
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has allowed a compromise settlement between families of two minors who had engaged in a sexual act leading to the boy being charged under the Protection of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man sentenced to 20 yrs in jail for raping minor
Hyderabad: A local court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The accused identified as 52-year-old Mohammed Chotu was also ordered to…
- Telangana
Telangana: NCRB data reveals ‘worrisome’ increase in crimes against children
Hyderabad: The National Crime Records Bureau recorded a total of 5,667 crimes against children in 2021. This means that over 15 crimes were committed per day in the year, stated Child Rights…
- Bangalore
Sex scandal at Lingayat mutt: Karnataka police question accused warden
Chitradurga: Six days after a FIR was lodged under the POCSO Act and the SC, ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, the Karnataka police finally swung into action on Thursday in connection with…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man to serve two-year jail term for abducting minor
Hyderabad: A local court here on Thursday handed a two-year jail term to a man in a case of abduction dating back to December 2020. On December 26, 2020, a 17-year-old girl…
- India
Man arrested for raping minor daughter for seven years
Ambala: A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter for the past seven years here, police said on Wednesday. A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
- India
Dalit outfits hold protest demanding arrest of Karnataka seer accused of sexual abuse
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Dalit organisations staged a protest here on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP MLC slams his party for ‘inaction’ against rape-accused Lingayat seer
Bengaluru: BJP MLC H. Vishwanath on Tuesday criticised the Karnataka government over its handling of POCSO case against the rape-accused Lingayat seer Dr. Murugha Shivamurthy Sharanaru. “If Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has…