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Kerala HC dismisses bail plea of fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal in se
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Kerala High Court dismissed the bail plea of fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal in sexual assault cases registered against him, which include a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case.
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Bombay HC grants bail to POCSO accused, says kissing prima facie not unnat
Updated : 4 years 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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Maulvi molests 8-yr-old girl on pretext of giving chocolates, gets arreste
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], March 28 (ANI): After a 10-year-old girl was abducted and molested, the local Police arrested a maulvi on charges of sexually abusing the girl child, said a police official on Monday.
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Rape of six-year-old Dalit girl: Araria court delivers judgement within 15
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Araria (Bihar) [India], January 29 (ANI): Setting a new example of speedy justice, an Araria court sentenced Mohammed Major, 48, to death for sexually assaulting a six-year-old Dalit girl within 15 days of filing the chargesheet. There were only three hearings in the case.
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Delhi court grants bail to army personnel in POCSO case
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Monday has granted bail to army personnel accused under charges of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO).
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Man booked for sexually assaulting a minor labourer in Shimla
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 25 (ANI): A man has been booked by the Shimla Police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old migrant labourer in the Boileau
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Oral sex with minor not 'aggravated sexual assault' under POCSO Act, says
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 24 (ANI): Observing that 'oral sex' with a minor does not come under the 'aggravated sexual assault' category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of s
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NCW welcomes SC order setting aside Bombay HC's skin-to-skin judgment
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order setting aside the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench's judgment that held skin-to-skin contact necessary for the offence of sexual assault under the Protection of Childr
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Surat: POSCO court completes trial in 4-yr-old girl rape case in just five
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], November 12 (ANI): A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) court in Surat completed the trial in a 4-year-old girl rape case in just five days and convicted a 39-year-old man and sent him to life imprisonment.
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Rajasthan: Judge, 2 others booked for raping 14-year-old boy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bharatpur (Rajasthan) [India], November 1 (ANI): Rajasthan police on Sunday booked a judge and two others under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy in Bharatpur district.
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt on plea seeking quashing of FIR under IPC s
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi government on a petition seeking quashing of FIR under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the ground that the parties have settled the dispute
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Skin-to-skin contact: SC reserves order against Bombay HC verdict
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on appeals against the controversial Bombay High Court judgment that held that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protectio
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