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After 64-day trial, man gets death for rape, murder of 4-year-old girl in UPA 21-year-old man was sentenced to death by the special Pocso court in UP's Farrukhabad for kidnapping, raping, and killing a four-year-old girl. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 2.2 lakh on the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
After 64-day trial, 21-year-old given death for kidnapping, raping & killing 4-year-oldA 21-year-old man has been sentenced to death by a special Pocso court in UP's Farrukhabad for kidnapping, raping, and killing a four-year-old girl. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 2.2 lakh on..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Haryana's Jind: POCSO court awards 25-year old rigourous imprisonment for raping minorAs per the complaint, kin of the victim, who hails from a village which comes under Julana police station, had approached the women police station on October 14, 2022 alleging that their neighbour,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Uttarakhand: 'Girl taken out of protection home by employees, raped'A case has been filed at Haldwani police station against two women employees of a child protection home, accusing them of serious offences including rape and Pocso Act violations. The accused..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Backlog of POCSO cases rose to 1.3 lakh in 2023, government tells Lok SabhaThe pendency of POCSO Act cases has increased by 7.4%, reaching over 1.3 lakh cases by March 2023. The government has informed the Lok Sabha that the cumulative disposal of POCSO cases stands at just..IndiaTimes - Published | |
UP BJP MLA convicted of rape, set to lose House seatBJP MLA Ramdular Gond is found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl in 2014 and faces punishment under the Pocso Act. The court will announce the sentence on December 15. Gond, a first-time MLA, is..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Every two hours a girl was sexually abused in Tamil Nadu in 2022According to the NCRB data, Tamil Nadu witnessed a significant increase in crimes against women and children in 2022. The state reported 9,207 cases of crimes against women, an increase from 8,501..IndiaTimes - Published | |
55-year-old man who 'bought' bride for Rs 70,000 gets 10 years in jailA 55-year-old man who 'bought' himself a wife was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Pocso court, highlighting the issue of a social problem feeding criminal networks. The court also sentenced seven..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Burnt, stripped, filmed: Teen help brutalised for 5 months in GurgaonA 14-year-old girl from Bihar was rescued after being held captive and subjected to brutal treatment by her employer's family in Gurgaon. This is the eighth case of such cruelty towards domestic helps..IndiaTimes - Published | |
3 more years for fast-track courts trying rape and Pocso casesThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of the fast track special courts scheme for the next three years, till March 2026, for expeditious disposal of rape and Protection of Children from..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Mumbai: 73 percent POCSO cases yet to be probed, reveals NGO reportNGO finds pending cases surged from 1,465 in 2018 to 2,176 in 2022Mid-Day - Published | |
Voyeur sentenced to 1-yr RI for watching kid use public toiletA 26-year-old man was convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a special Pocso court for voyeurism. The man was found guilty of watching a five-year-old child using a public toilet in 2015...IndiaTimes - Published | |
To end rapes, stop treating women as property: Gujarat courtBotad special Pocso court judge D G Rana sentenced a 39-year-old man, Raju Chauhan, to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. The court directed the state government to pay Rs..IndiaTimes - Published | Delhi: Woman fined Rs 1 lakh for alleging daughter's rape to settle disputeDelhi court imposes Rs 1 lakh fine on woman for falsely accusing daughter of sexual assault; woman misused Pocso Act to settle property dispute; court says law was misguided and misused; false..IndiaTimes - Published |
61% of Mumbai's rape cases filed in 5 years are of minorsAccording to a report by the NGO Praja Foundation, 61% of rape cases registered in Mumbai from 2018 to 2022 were under the POCSO Act. The report also highlighted that out of 3,360 Pocso Act cases being..IndiaTimes - Published | 22-year-old wrestling teacher gets High Court relief in Pocso caseThe Bombay High Court has granted the interim protection from arrest to a wrestling teacher who was accused of inappropriately touching minor students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The teacher, who is..IndiaTimes - Published |
POCSO court sentences Haryana man to 20 years in jail for raping minor girlIn a swift judgment, a special POCSO court in Haryana's Jind district sentenced Dinesh, a resident of Badanpur village, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor girl. ADSJ..IndiaTimes - Published | Karnataka: Murugha seer held in 2nd case, HC orders his releaseShivamurthy Murugha, former pontiff of Jagadguru Murugha Rajendra Bruhanmath, was arrested in a second Pocso case but was released on legal grounds by the Karnataka high court. The pontiff had..IndiaTimes - Published |
After year in jail for daughter's 'rape', Uttarakhand court finds man innocentA man in Haridwar has been acquitted by a special Pocso court after spending a year and a half in jail for allegedly raping his daughter. The court found that the man had been falsely implicated by his..IndiaTimes - Published | Aluva rape, murder case: Kerala court sentences convict to deathA court in Kerala has sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl. The special POCSO court judge gave the highest punishment to Ashwaq Alam, a migrant labourer, on Children's..IndiaTimes - Published |
BJP's Diya Kumari attacks Gehlot government over Dausa rape case, calls incident shamefulBJP leaders in Rajasthan have criticized the state government for its alleged silence and failure to ensure justice in the case of a minor girl who was raped in Dausa. They accused the Gehlot..IndiaTimes - Published | Andhra Pradesh: Man convicted of 25 yrs in Pocso caseIndiaTimes - Published |
14 months on, pontiff gets bail in Pocso caseThe Karnataka High Court has granted conditional bail to Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt, Chitradurga, who was arrested in a case registered under the..IndiaTimes - Published | Karnataka HC grants bail to Murugha math pontiff Shivamurthy SharanaThe High Court of Karnataka has granted bail to Shivamurthy Sharana, the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math, who had been in custody since September of the previous year, facing..IndiaTimes - Published |
'Mosquito bite can't cause 3mm laceration'; 21-year-old gets 20 years' RI in Pocso caseA 21-year-old man has been convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly raping his 23-month-old niece. The court dismissed the accused's claim that a mosquito bite caused the girl's..IndiaTimes - Published | Pocso Act not for criminalising consensual ties: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court has raised concerns about the misuse of the Pocso Act, stating that it was not intended to criminalize consensual relationships between adolescents. The court emphasized that..IndiaTimes - Published |
After 30-day trial, man gets life term for sexual assault on 12-yr-old boyA 35-year-old man in Mathura has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. The incident occurred on July 23, 2023, when the man lured the boy to his residence and..IndiaTimes - Published | Haryana: After women’s commission intervention, harassing principal booked under POCSO ActTwo girls had sent out a five-page anonymous letter – addressed to the women’s commission of country and state, Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister, and the President among others – narrating..IndiaTimes - Published |
Coimbatore POCSO case accused kills self ahead of verdictIndiaTimes - Published | Palghar: POCSO court acquits man accused of molesting teenage girlSpecial POCSO Judge VV Virkar issued an operative order on October 21 giving relief to Pravin Palave (26), who hails from the Jawhar taluka in the districtMid-Day - Published |
Pocso court in Mumbai sends man to 10-yr RI for raping, impregnating 14-year-oldA 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting and impregnating a 14-year-old girl he met at a garba event in Mumbai in 2018. The girl's mother did not..IndiaTimes - Published | Pocso charge leads to 'automatic criminalisation': High courtThe Calcutta High Court has stated that charges under the Pocso Act result in automatic criminalisation, as it acquitted a man who had a relationship with a minor when he himself was a minor. The court..IndiaTimes - Published |
Four get RI for remainder of life for gangraping 15-year-old girl in West Bengal's MurshidabadIn its judgment, additional district judge in charge of POCSO cases Deepto Ghosh ordered each of the four victims to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh to the victim and asked the state to pay an additional Rs 4..IndiaTimes - Published | Man awarded 20-year jail term for raping minor girl in HaryanaA special and fast-track court (POCSO) in Haryana's Jind district has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a rape case of a minor girl.IndiaTimes - Published |
Man gets 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor girl in Haryana's Jind districtA special fast-track court, specifically designated for cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has handed down a rigorous 20-year prison sentence to a man convicted of..IndiaTimes - Published | Haryana: Court awards 20-year rigorous imprisonment and Rs 35,000 fine to accused in POCSO case in JindADSJ Dr Chander Hass imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused for various charges and ordered an additional 28 months of imprisonment in case of non-payment.IndiaTimes - Published |
Law panel seeks shield for couples in 16-18 age groupThe Law Commission has advised against lowering the “age of consent” from the existing 18 years and also suggested amendments in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (Pocso) to..IndiaTimes - Published | Not advisable to tinker with existing age of consent under POCSO Act: Law Commission to govtThe Law Commission has submitted a report to the law ministry stating that it is not advisable to change the age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in India...IndiaTimes - Published |
Teen abducted, gang-raped in moving car in UPA 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in a moving car in Kushinagar district earlier this month. Police arrested three men, all neighbours of the family, based on a named complaint..IndiaTimes - Published | Shahbad Dairy murder: Court frames charges against accusedAdditional Sessions Judge (POCSO) Richa Gusain Solanki framed the charges against Sahil under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302 (murder), and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe..IndiaTimes - Published |
Navi Mumbai: Shopkeeper arrested under POCSO Act for molesting minorA shopkeeper has been arrested for molesting a minor girl while she came to buy school stationery material in Navi Mumbai`s Turbhe, police said.Mid-Day - Published | SI in Rampur threatens Pocso case victim to compromise, suspendedA police sub-inspector in Rampur district has been suspended for allegedly pressuring a 15-year-old girl to settle a sexual assault case outside of court. The sub-inspector visited the girl's house and..IndiaTimes - Published |
Navi Mumbai: Man booked for sexually harassing 15-year-old girlActing on a complaint by the girl, the police on Wednesday registered a case against Sheikh under Indian Penal Code sections, including 354A (sexual harassment) and 354 (stalking), and the Protection..Mid-Day - Published | UP Court Summons Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Wife Aliya In Molestation CaseJudge of the POCSO court, Ritesh Sachdeva on Tuesday asked complainant Aliya Siddiqui to appear before the court for a reply after police filed a final report in the case against all accused, including..Zee News - Published |
Maharashtra: Man acquitted by POCSO court in Thane in 2013 rape caseIndiaTimes - Published | Minor girls 'sexual harassed': Chhattisgarh private hostel superintendent arrestedA private residential hostel superintendent in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh was arrested and a warden was booked under the IPC and POCSO Act for mental and sexual harassment of the minor girls..IndiaTimes - Published |
JU fresher death: Police slap Pocso section on all 12 accusedKolkata Police has slapped Pocso charges against all 12 current and former students arrested for their involvement in the death of a Jadavpur University fresher at the boys' main hostel on August 10.IndiaTimes - Published | Accused of getting granddaughter pregnant; 60-year-old let off after 5 yrs in jailA Mumbai Pocso court has acquitted a 60-year-old man jailed for 5 years on charges of repeatedly raping his 17-year-old granddaughter and impregnating her after finding that his DNA did not match that..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mumbai court acquits elderly man accused of raping granddaughterSpecial Judge Kalpna Patil, presiding over the court set up under the POCSO Act, acquitted the accused on Sept 5Mid-Day - Published | 53-year-old shopkeeper gets 5 years for kissing, touching childNot allowing the defence of the accused that in their community it was customary to greet someone by kissing them on their forehead, a special Pocso court convicted and sentenced a 53-year-old..IndiaTimes - Published |
