POCSO Act
- 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.…
- India
POCSO not meant to criminalise consensual relationships: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has observed that the intention of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is to protect children minor from sexual exploitation and that it…
- Telangana
Telangana: Teen kidnapped, raped in Badangpet; 2 arrested
Hyderabad: A vehicle lifter and his friends allegedly gang-raped a 13-year-old girl on November 5. The Meerpet police registered a case against the accused on Tuesday. The victim said that the two…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Minor held under POCSO Act for raping 13-year-old girl
Hyderabad: In yet another heinous crime, a teenager and a 21-year-old man have allegedly raped a schoolgirl. Later, police nabbed the teenager and booked him under POCSO Act. As per the details…
- India
Non-bailable warrant against ex-News Nation anchor Deepak Chaurasia
A special POCSO court in Gurugram has directed the arrest of former News Nation anchor Deepak Chaurasia under a non-bailable warrant, before November 21 irked over his repeated absence from the hearings.…
- India
POCSO Act will prevail over personal laws: Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has held that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and IPC Acts are substantive and prevail over personal laws. A bench headed by Justice Rajendra…
- 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…
