POCSO Act
- 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…
- 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…
