POCSO Act
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rachakonda Commissioner holds meet on rape, POCSO cases
Hyderabad: Rachakonda Commissioner of police DS Chauhan on Friday conducted a meeting to ensure speedy disposal of sexual offences cases including Protection of Children against Sexual Offenses (POCSO) issues. The meeting discussed…
- Telangana
Telangana: Anti-extremist operations continued to be successful, says DGP
Hyderabad: The Telangana police have been successful in ensuring that Maoists do not gain a foothold in the State by foiling their repeated attempts to enter it during 2022, a top official said…
- India
Headmaster who forced students to remove ‘dupatta’ arrested under POCSO Act
Ranchi: The headmaster of a government school has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for forcing girl students to remove their ‘dupatta’. A committee constituted by…
- India
No plans to reduce age of consent for consensual relationships: Centre
New Delhi: Government has no plans to reduce the age of consent for consensual relationships, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question whether the government…
- India
‘Archaic, law of land should apply’: DCW chief on marriage, abuse of 15-yr-old Muslim girl
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Delhi Police in connection with child marriage and abuse of a 15-year-old Muslim girl. The Commission had received a complaint from…
- India
Supreme Court to hold 2-day programme on POCSO Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice is organising a two-day national programme on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act from Saturday. The national consultation on POCSO Act of…
- India
SC notice on plea for raising women’s ‘marriageable age’ under Muslim personal law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by the National Commission for Women seeking a direction to make the marriageable age of girls/women of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: SHE Teams gets 103 complaints in Nov, 98 counselled
Hyderabad: The city police’s women safety wing, SHE Teams stated that they received 103 petitions in the month of November of which 52 petitioners were walk-ins. The SHE Teams registered 12 First…
- India
Marriage of Muslims is not excluded from POCSO Act: Kerala HC
Kochi: Kerala High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Court also ruled…
- India
Pune: 17-year-old girl alleges rape by her father, uncle
Pune: A 17-year-old girl hailing from Uttar Pradesh has told the Pune police she was raped on several occasions by her father, uncle and molested by grandfather, an officer said on Thursday.…
