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Assam court sentences man to life imprisonment, another gets 20 years in c
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a major legal development against the child marriage in Assam, a district court in Morigaon has delivered a historic verdict by sentencing one man to life imprisonment while another has received a 20-year jail term in a child marriage case.
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Assam DGP directs police for early completion of child marriage cases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the conference, the DGP reviewed issues like crime parameters of the districts, investigation of child marriage cases, the pendency of cases, etc. Earlier Additional DGP, CID gave a detailed presentation on the various crime parameters and about the best-performing districts.
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"494 persons convicted for child marriage, POCSO since 2017 in Assam":
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Assam government on Monday said that 494 persons out of 8,773 who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) cases in the state, have been convicted since 2017.
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Around 2,500 people arrested in Assam in child marriage cases
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Many more cases of child marriage have come to light in Assam after the state government's massive crackdown against the ill practice.
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Child marriage crackdown: 2170 people arrested so far in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Assam Police spokesperson Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan on Saturday said that so far 2,170 people involved in child marriage cases have been arrested in the state.
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Action on child marriage cases in Assam to start tomorrow, says CM Sarma
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government is firm in its resolve to end the "menace of child marriage" in the state.
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Trivandrum: 3 arrested including minor girl's father in child marriage cas
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Ameer, the main accused, was on bail after being arrested for raping the same girl in 2021," an official familiar with the matter said.
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No data to indicate rise in child marriages during lockdown: Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): There is no data to indicate a spike in child marriage cases during the lockdown as per the information received from the National Crime Records Bureau, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani said in a written reply to a questi
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13-year-old girl gets married in Telangana, case to be registered
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Medchal (Telangana) [India], June 4 (ANI): PV Padmaja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Balanagar on Wednesday said a case will be registered on child marriage as a 13-year-old girl married a 22-year-old man in Medchal district of Telangana.
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