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Jharkhand Child Welfare Committee says Dumka girl set ablaze was minor, de
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], August 31 (ANI): The Jharkhand Child Welfare Committee has asked for the addition of charges under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in an FIR filed in the case where a school girl died after she was set on fire in the Dumka district
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Probe on, truth will come out: Karnataka minister on Murugha Mutt seer cas
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru(Karnataka)[India], August 29 (ANI): Chitradurga police on Monday detained Muruga Mutt seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru while he was en route to Maharashtra from Bankapur in Karnataka's Haveri district. The seer was detained after he was charged under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual assa
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Murugha Mutt sexual assault case: Let the truth come out, says Karnataka M
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Let the truth come out, said Karnataka minister V Somanna on Monday regarding the alleged sexual assault case against Chitradurga-based Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru.
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Karnataka's Murugha Mutt pontiff booked under POCSO Act
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): An FIR under the POCSO Act has been registered against the pontiff of the influential Muruga Math in Chitradurga after minor girls made allegations of sexual harassment against him.
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Rajasthan: Govt school teacher thrashed for molesting girls
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bharatpur (Rajasthan) [India], August 23 (ANI): A government school teacher in Bharatpur was suspended for allegedly molesting girls on the school campus, said officials on Tuesday.
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SC sets aside Madhya Pradesh HC verdict on discharging rape accused
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court has set aside a verdict of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which discharged an accused in a rape case essentially on the ground of delay in the registration of the First Information Report (FIR).
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SC issues notice to Bihar govt on judge's plea against suspension
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the State of Bihar and others on a plea of a judicial officer challenging his suspension by the Patna High Court, presumably for delivering a series of quick judgements.
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3 held for raping minor in Delhi's Vasant Vihar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): As many as three people have been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in the Vasant Vihar area of the national capital, police said.
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Kerala HC grants bail to actor Sreejith Ravi in POCSO case
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday granted bail to Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi in a POCSO case against him for alleged indecent conduct towards two minor girls in public.
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Delhi HC dismisses appeal against conviction in POCSO case, says accused v
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against a conviction and sentence under POCSO Act for raping a minor girl in her home in 2014.
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Man arrested for sexual assault of 2 minor girls
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Delhi Police arrested a man, accused of sexual assault of two minor girls, in the Model Town area of Delhi.
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Bombay HC grants bail to POCSO accused, says kissing prima facie not unnat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bombay High Court has observed that kissing would not prima facie constitute offence under section 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code while granting bail to an accused of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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