POCSO Act
- 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…
- 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…
