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MP: Private school teacher held for allegedly molesting minor girls in Ujj
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A private school teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting girls studying in his school in Tarana area of Ujjain district on Saturday.
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Tamil Nadu: Schoolgirls file fake 'sexual harassment' case, probe reveals
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The complaint was without substance, said the police after the investigation of a complaint made by two schoolgirls of sexual harassment by a male teacher, based on which two women teachers were also booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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'Sexual Assault' under POCSO Act can't be attributed where there Is mutual
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The term "sexual assault" under POCSO Act cannot be attributed to an act where there is mutual love and affection between young boyfriend and girlfriend, says Meghalaya HC.
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4-year-old girl raped in MP's Khandwa; accused arrested
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl and throwing her into bushes near Jaswadi area in Khandwa, the police said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka: One more FIR lodged in Muruga Mutt sexual harassment case
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], October 14 (ANI): The Karnataka Police on Friday registered one more FIR in Mysuru's Nazarabad Police Station in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of the children of the employees working in the Mutt.
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NCPCR opposes Mohd Zubair's plea for quashing FIR in POCSO case, seeks tho
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday opposed Mohammed Zubair's petition seeking the quashing of FIR of August 2020 by the Delhi Police under Section 19 of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Karnataka sexual abuse case: Murugha Mutt pontiff sent to judicial custody
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], September 5 (ANI): The Chitradurga sessions court on Monday sent the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused of sexually assaulting minors, to judicial custody till September 14.
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K'nataka: Murugha Mutt seer to appear before sessions court today in Chitr
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], September 5 (ANI): The chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru will appear in the district sessions court today.
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Minor found hanging from tree in Jharkhand's Dumka: Police register rape,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], September 4 (ANI): After a minor tribal girl was found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's Dumka district, the police on Sunday registered a rape and murder case under POCSO Act and SC/ST Act.
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Bail application of Murugha Mutt seer postponed to Monday
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], September 3 (ANI): The bail application seeking anticipatory bail for Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused of sexual assault, has been postponed to Monday by the Chitradurga District Court.
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BJP delegation meets family of Jharkhand girl set ablaze, offers financial
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], September 1 (ANI): A BJP delegation comprising Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and Kapil Mishra on Wednesday met with the family of the Class 12 girl who died days after she was set on fire by a man in Jharkhand's Dumka.
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Will write to PM Modi in Murugha Mutt seer case: BJP's M Vishwanath
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], August 31 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Vishwanath has hit out against the Karnataka government over its handling of the POCSO case against the rape-accused Lingayat seer and said that he will write to PM Modi regarding the matter.
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