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Maharashtra man arrested for raping teen step-granddaughter for 10 years
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai police arrested a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping his 19-year-old step-granddaughter for the past ten years. The accused threatened her with death if she ever shared the ordeal with anyone.
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Delhi court convicts man for raping and impregnating minor stepdaughter
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Additional Sessions Judge Babita Puniya convicted the man after analysing the evidence which established that accused raped his stepdaughter repeatedly.
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SC reserves order on appeal against Madras HC order on watching child porn
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The High Court had said that to make out an offence under POCSO Act, a child or children should have been used for pornography purposes. It added that to constitute an offence under IT Act the accused must have published, transmitted and created the material.
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Delhi HC acquits man in POCSO case, says wrongful conviction is far worse
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted a man who was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and said that there are inadequacies and contradictions in the case of the prosecution.
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Three accused arrested for raping minor model in UP's Moradabad
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"The police have registered a case against the three accused under IPC Section 376D, 328, POCSO Act 3/4, and 3/2 SC ST Act and have also arrested the trio, which included Bharat Singh, Anil, and Sonu," said the SSP of Moradabad.
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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping, impregnating his minor daug
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Special judge (POCSO) Babita Punia sentenced the convict to life imprisonment under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court said that life imprisonment shall mean the remainder of the natural life of the convict. The Court has also imposed a fine o
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Telangana police inspector arrested under POCSO for sexual assault of mino
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A police inspector in the jurisdiction of Kakatiya University police station in Hanumakonda district, Telangana, was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.
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"Bengal government deliberately violating child rights," says NCPCR Chairp
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The child panel chairperson alleged that the Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) has "violated" the regulations in the POCSO Act multiple times.
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Assam DSP arrested for sexual harassment of domestic help
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) officer was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a minor house help in Assam. A case has been arrested under the relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.
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CID to investigate POCSO case against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Karnataka government has decided to hand over the investigation of the case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
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"Let's see what happens next," BS Yediyurappa on allegations of sexual ass
Updated : 2 years ago IST
B S Yediyurappa faces an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for allegedly assaulting a minor girl.
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"Sensitive matter, probe on": Karnataka Home Minister on allegations of se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Karnataka's former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa faces an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). The FIR has been filed against the former CM for allegedly assaulting a minor girl.
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