In the year 2018, FIR was registered against the accused for committing repeated sexual offences over a period of 8 months and clicking offensive photographs of the child victim. The statement of the victim was also recorded by the Magistrate. The accused was thereafter arrested and since th
A Fast Track Special Court (FTSC) in Raipur on Friday convicted a 22-year-old man for abducting and raping a minor girl and sentenced him to 20 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI).
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.
The court issued the directive after the channel submitted that they were facing threats from SFI and DYFI workers, the student's wing and the youth wing of the CPI(M).
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of the Centre Government on a plea seeking declaration as ultra vires the impugned Sections 19, 21 and 22 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 allegedly being against Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
A Fast Track Special Court in Raipur on Tuesday convicted a youth for abducting and raping a minor girl and sentenced him to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment.
The police further said that after the matter was reported to the police, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.