POCSO Act
- India
Karnataka horror: Minor boys rape 10-year-old girl at knife-point
Kalaburagi: A disturbing incident of two minor boys raping a 10-year-old girl at knife-point and making a video of the act, has been reported from Kalaburagi district on Tuesday. The incident had…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC grants bail to Murugha math pontiff in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday granted bail to Shivamurthy Sharana, the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math who has been in custody since September last year, facing charges…
- Kashmir
Teacher booked for tearing student’s hijab in J&K’s Bandipora district
Srinagar: A teacher was booked on Tuesday for allegedly tearing the hijab of a student in Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that a female student lodged a police complaint…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Man handed 20 yr jail term for raping minor girl
Hyderabad: Mahipal Reddy, 48, of Vikarabad district was handed a 20-year jail term by the Special Court for POCSO Act charges in Medchal. POCSO Act protects children from offences of sexual assault,…
- India
UP court summons actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife in molestation case
Muzaffarnagar: A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar has issued a notice to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Aliya Siddiqui asking her to appear in the…
- India
JU ragging-death case: 13 arrested accused booked under POCSO Act
Kolkata: All the 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University were booked under POCSO Act, police said on Friday. The accused were booked under the…
- India
2013 POCSO case: Charges framed against 8 journalists for airing morphed videos
Clearing the way for a trial, a special court in Haryana’s Gurugram has framed charges against eight journalists, including prominent anchors such as Deepak Chaurasia, Chitra Tripathi, and Ajit Anjum in a…
- Hyderabad
Meerpet gangrape case: Hyderabad police arrest 7 accused
Hyderabad: The city police on Tuesday, August 22, announced the arrest of seven accused in the gang rape case of a minor girl in Meerpet. One knife was also seized from the…
- Delhi
Crimes against children: SC says true justice is giving care, support to victims
New Delhi: True justice in cases of crimes against children is achieved not merely by nabbing the culprit or the severity of punishment meted out but by the support and security provided…
- India
Develop ‘support persons’ ecosystem for minor victims of sexual offences: SC to UP govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court recently directed the state of Uttar Pradesh to frame guidelines relating to appointment of support persons for minor victims of sexual offences under the POCSO (Protection of…
- Delhi
POCSO Act is gender-neutral legislation: Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that the POCSO Act is a gender-neutral legislation while rejecting an assertion that the law is being “misused” as it is a “gender based”…
- Telangana
Telangana: PT teacher booked under POCSO for misbehaving with girl student
Hyderabad: A physical education teacher was booked under POCSO Act on Saturday for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student in Telangana’s Attapur, police said. “A case was registered against a PT teacher…
