POSCO Act
- India
‘Physical relations’ not synonymous with sexual assault: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase ‘physical relations’ by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. A…
- Entertainment
Ekta Kapoor offers clarification on POCSO case
Mumbai: After a case was booked against Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor under POCSO Act for showing obscene scenes of juvenile girls in an episode series ‘Gandi Baat’, TV czarina’s…
- News
Telangana: Woman held under POCSO Act for eloping with minor
Hyderabad: Siddipet police arrested a 27-year-old woman for eloping with a minor boy to marry him. The accused has been identified as Radha, who lives with her husband and two children in…
- Bangalore
POSCO case: Karnataka HC directs police not to arrest Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, who is facing arrest in connection with a Pocso case, got temporary relief on Friday as the High Court directed the…
- News
Mumbai: Minor booked for raping, impregnating sister after watching porn
A 13-year-old boy was booked for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old sister in Mumbai on Sunday, May 21. The police were alerted after the victim’s parents visited Vashi General Hospital to…
- News
Telangana: 3 arrested for sexually assaulting a minor
Hyderabad: Jagital town police on Monday, March 26, apprehended three individuals, including a juvenile, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl multiple times at different places. They have been booked under the…
- News
Hyderabad: Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment under POSCO Act
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonments after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor girl. The convict, Tarun, 20, was convicted under POSCO Act.…
- India
Gen Z addicted to porn, punishment not a solution: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday, January 12, quashed a case registered by police against a Chennai youngster for downloading and watching two child porno videos on his phone. The Ambattur…
- Bangalore
Minor delivers baby in Karnataka residential school, POCSO case filed
Chikkaballapura: A class 9 student of a government residential school was eight months pregnant when she gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital here, police said on Thursday, January 11,…
- India
Principal held for raping minor girl student in Bengaluru school
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old girl studying in Class 2 in Bengaluru school was raped by the principal, police said on Friday. The incident took place when the girl had…
