In a special drive aimed at tracing absconding accused deliberately evading the law, the staff of PS Sarojini Nagar, South-West District, arrested an accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case.
Kerala police arrested an accused on Thursday under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) for allegedly sexually abusing a four-year-old girl, who died after her mother threw her into a river in Thiruvankulam, Puthencruz in Ernakulam district early this week.
Provisions related to the gang rape of a minor woman will become consistent with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), and a provision has been made for life imprisonment or death penalty in the case of girls below 18 years of age.
Misrod police station in charge Manish Raj Singh Bhadoriya told ANI, "An FIR was registered into the matter on Tuesday evening against three persons, including hostel warden under IPC section 376 and relevant sections of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) act. The incident h
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).
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.
Kerala special Fast Track Court has sentenced a woman to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Monday.
The special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) judge of Tis Hazari Court on Wednesday sent suspended Delhi government official, Premoday Khakha, and his wife, Seema Rani, to 14 days of judicial custody till September 6, in connection with the rape of a minor girl.
According to the police, a case under IPC sections 376, 376(2)(n), 109, and 114 and also under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act has been registered at Kashimira police station, and a hunt to nab the accused trio is on.
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.