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Delhi Police file FIR against Twitter under POCSO, IT Act
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Delhi Police Cyber Cell on Tuesday registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and IT Act against Twitter on a complaint it received from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) citing the availa
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Army court martial acquits jawan facing charges under POCSO act
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): A General court martial has acquitted an Army jawan facing charges of inappropriately touching a girl child under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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SC notice to TN govt on plea seeking clarity on law punishing minors under
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition seeking clarity on the law punishing minors under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 Act for consensual sex.
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SC notice on pleas filed by NCW, Maha govt challenging Nagpur Bench's 'ski
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has issued notices on pleas filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the Maharashtra government, challenging the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court order where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's bre
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Injustice meted out, says Rahul Gandhi on Bombay HC 'skin-to-skin order'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted over the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court order where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protecti
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Holding hands of minor, opening pant zip not sexual assault under POCSO: B
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has held that the act of holding the hands of a minor or unzip the pant of the accused does not amount to sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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SC stays Bombay HC 'skin-to-skin order' for acquittal of POCSO accused
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protecti
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Groping child without skin to skin contact does not constitute sexual assa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Bombay High Court acquitted an appellant under the POCSO Act ruling that pressing of the breast of a child without "skin to skin contact with sexual intent" does not constitute "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexua
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Mumbai: Three-year-old gang-raped by two minors, booked under POSCO Act
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 21 (ANI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys after which a case was registered against the two under IPC section 376 and The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Mumbai police said on Saturday.
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Over 2.4 lakh cases relating to rape and POCSO pending in courts across co
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The government on Wednesday said that there are over 2.4 lakh pending cases in courts related to rape and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act across the country till December last year.
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Prisoner admitted to Coimbatore hospital flees, probe underway
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): A prisoner convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from a ward of a Coimbatore government hospital, where he was admitted.
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28 fast-track special courts sanctioned in Kerala for speedy disposal of r
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Kerala Social Justice Department has sanctioned the establishment of 28 fast-track special courts for speedy disposal of rape cases and other cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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