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22 Aug 2023

Caught On Camera: Delhi Govt Officer Who 'Raped' Minor, Wife Tried To Flee Cop

An FIR of rape read with sections of the POCSO Act was lodged against the accused and his wife.

Brij Bhushan Saran Singh

02 Jun 2023

'Hand On My Buttock': SHOCKING Allegation On Brij Bhushan Saran In Police FIR

The FIRs registered following a Supreme Court order have charged Singh under various IPC sections including assaulting a woman to outrage her modesty (Section 354), sexual harassment (354 A), stalking (354 D) that are punishable with jail terms of two-three years.

Assam child marriage

15 Feb 2023

Assam Child Marriage Crackdown: Law Will Take Its own Course, Says Gauhati HC

Granting anticipatory bail to certain accused in different cases booked under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.

Child Marriage Act

06 Feb 2023

Amid Assam Anti-Child Marriage Drive, A Girl's Suicide. Reason is...

At least 2,441 people have been arrested in the state till Monday in the continuing operation against child marriage, launched on February 3.

31 Oct 2022

Mumbai Maulvi gets 20-year jail for raping minor

The victim used to go to the accused's house everyday to study the Quran in Arabic Court also refused to accept the contention of the accused that he was falsely implicated in the case due to religious enmity The accused was found guilty under section 376 AB (sexual assault on a girl below 12 years of age) of the Indian Penal Code

10 Jun 2022

Assam teacher sexually abuses minor, court sentences him to 6 years in prison

Assam teacher punished for sexually abusing a minor girl Assam court passed a judgment for imprisonment for six years to Sanjib Kumar Ray The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000

28 Oct 2021

17-year-old girl gives birth all by herself, takes YouTube videos' help

The girl was in a relationship with her 21-year-old neighbour Since she's a minor, the man has been arrested by the police under the Pocso Act The girl took assistance of YouTube videos to cut the umbilical cord herself.

28 Apr 2021

POCSO court in Shimla convicts one in rape and murder of minor girl

After considering all the evidence on record, the trial court found the accused guilty and convicted him The arguments on the quantum of the sentence are scheduled on May 11 by the court

27 Jan 2021

Skin to Skin contact: SC stays Bombay HC order acquitting man under POCSO

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order which acquitted a man under the POSCO Act The SC said that ‘groping a minor's breast’ without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order

23 Apr 2018

Horror continues! Now, two minor girls raped in Odisha, 1 arrested

Two girls - one aged six years and the other four years - were allegedly raped in Cuttack and Kendrapara districts of Odisha.

22 Apr 2018

What about those who are above 12 years: Nirbhaya's mother

On Saturday, Nirbhaya's father had alleged that the Centre took the decision of approving the ordinance in view of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

22 Apr 2018

'Don't make an issue of 1-2 rape incidents in such a big country'

The BJP leader's statement comes at a time when there is a massive uproar over the cases of rape that surfaced recently.

22 Apr 2018

News at a glance: April 22, 2018

22 Apr 2018

POCSO Act amendment gets thumbs up from B-town

The Centre has given its nod to an ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors, and Bollywood is all praise for it.

21 Apr 2018

Why only child rapists, all rape convicts should get death: Nirbhaya's father

Nirbhaya's father on Saturday said that all rape convicts should be hanged, irrespective of their age.

21 Apr 2018

Death for child rapists: DCW chief Swati Maliwal to end fast on Sunday

DCW chief Swati Maliwal today agreed to end her indefinite fast after Centre gave its nod to an ordinance to amend the POSCO Act.

Kathua rape case

21 Apr 2018

Hope we will get justice: Kathua rape victim’s father

The father of Kathua rape and murder victim has expressed hope that his child will now get justice after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to amend the POSCO Act.

20 Apr 2018

Process to amend act to ensure death penalty in child rape case has begun'

In the wake of recent rape incidents involving minors, there has been a strong call for maximum punishment for the guilty.

19 Apr 2018

Maneka Gandhi wants fresh training to teach police officers on sexual offences

In the wake of recent and absolutely horrendous rape incidents in Kathua and Unnao, the role of police as the first investigative agency has been repeatedly questioned.

Tagore Public School

11 Sep 2017

Tagore Public School in Delhi's Gandhi Nagar to remain closed after minor's rape

The Tagore Public School in Delhi's Gandhi Nagar locality will remain closed for three days due to concerns over the alleged rape of a a five-year-old girl student inside its campus.

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