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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…
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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…
- India
Assam’s child marriage conviction rate: 494 out of 8,773 charge-sheeted
Guwahati: A mere 494 persons out of 8,773 people who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and POCSO cases in Assam have been convicted since 2017, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
- India
Need to amend POCSO Act to allow consensual relationship between adolescents: NCP MP
New Delhi: NCP MP Vandana Chavan on Wednesday urged the government to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to revise the age of consent and prevent the criminalisation…
- Chennai
Cop, BJP worker, journo among 13 handed jail term for pushing teen into flesh trade
Chennai: A POCSO court here sentenced eight people to life imprisonment on Monday for raping and pushing a teenage girl into prostitution, while a police inspector, BJP functionary and journalist were among…
- India
UP: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, set on fire succumbs to burns
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang raped and then set on fire by two persons in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on September 7 when the victim was…
- India
UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens, according…
- Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: AP constable booked for sexually assaulting 17-year-old
Hyderabad: A constable from Vijaywada was booked under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill (POCSO) Act by the Banjara hills police for assaulting a minor in the city. According to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: BJP MLA accuses police of ‘protecting’ few in rape case
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA M Raghunathan Rao has accused the Hyderabad Police of sabotaging the minor rape case that occurred in the posh area of Jubliee Hills on May 28.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: One more arrested in minor’s gang-rape case
Hyderabad: Telangana Police on Saturday arrested the second accused, who is a juvenile and one of the main culprits, in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad’s…
