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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, 7 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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Teacher held for sexually assaulting girl student in UP's Rampur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 12 (ANI): A teacher at a private school has been held and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl student on September 5 during Teachers' Day celebrations.
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Man held for raping minor in Pune
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 10 (ANI): Pune Police on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl.
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Andhra Pradesh: Man held for sexually assaulting daughter, another minor g
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 5 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh police has booked a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, including his own daughter under Yeleswaram police limits in East Godavar
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Mumbai: Special POCSO Court orders action against 2 prime witnesses in rap
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 (ANI): The Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court in Borivali of Maharashtra's Mumbai district on Friday ordered police to take legal action against two prime witnesses in a rape case. The victim of the case and her mother ar
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43,000 offences under POCSO Act registered last year: AG KK Venugopal to S
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): As many as 43,000 offences registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the last year, Attorney General of India KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Jharkhand: Special POCSO court sentence two persons to life imprisonment f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Simdega (Jharkhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on both of them.
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