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Uttar Pradesh: POCSO Court Orders FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, ordered the registration of an FIR against Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Saturday. The order follows allegations of sexual exploitation of minors levelled against
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Indore court hands double life sentence to accused in step-daughter rape c
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The District and Sessions Court of Indore has sentenced an accused of raping his step-daughter to double life imprisonment under section 5, 13, and 14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Supreme Court stays trial of former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in POCSO case
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case filed against him.
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POCSO court in Kerala sentences mother, step-father to 180 years rigorous
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The verdict was pronounced by Special POCSO Court Judge Ashraf AM under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act)
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Presence or absence of hymenal tear cannot be treated as conclusive proof
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while dismissing the appeal of convict man, affirmed his conviction under Section 18 read with Sections 5(m) and 5(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and Section 511 read with Section 376AB of the IPC, holding that the ev
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Delhi HC stresses UCC amid ongoing conflict between Personal Law and Child
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has observed that the recurring conflict between personal laws permitting child marriages and statutory provisions under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) requires urgent legislative clarity, even hinting at the
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Accused in POCSO case arrested by staff of PS Sarojini Nagar, South-West D
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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.
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HP High Court upholds trial of Juvenile as adult in 2021 minor rape case
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by a juvenile offender challenging the orders of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Sessions Judge to try him as an adult for a heinous offence of raping a seven-year-old girl, under the Protection of Children from
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Delhi court accepts cancellation report in POCSO case against former WFI c
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The Patiala House Court on Monday accepted the cancellation report filed by Delhi Police in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case against ex-WFI chief and former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
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Kerala toddler's death: Close relative arrested for sexual abuse
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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SC directs Centre, States to set up POCSO courts on top-priority basis
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday has directed the Central government and all state governments to set up special courts to try POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases on a top-priority basis.
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Grabbing breasts, snapping pyjama string not rape: Allahabad High Court
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Grabbing the breasts of the victim and snapping her pyjama strings do not constitute rape or attempt to rape but serious sexual assault, Allahabad court observed in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case of alleged rape of a minor girl.
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