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Roman Polanski's victim asks judge to dismiss sexual offence case
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 10 (ANI): Samantha Geimer was 13 when she was sexually assaulted by Roman Polanski in the late 1970s. Now, 40 years after the numerous proceedings of the on-going case, she has asked the judge to drop the case.
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Lucknow: POCSO court grants bail to Gayatri Prajapati
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (UP) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati was on Tuesday granted bail by a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in connection with a case of an alleged sexual assault of a minor girl.
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Kerala: 21-year-old girl arrested for sexually assaulting minor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): A 21 year old girl was arrested under the Prevention of Children against Sexual Offence act (POCSO) for staying with her minor lover at his house in Kottayam district of Kerala.
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Bikaner rape case: Women activist for action against school management
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bikaner (Rajasthan) [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over the sexual assault of a minor in Bikaner, women activist Brinda Adige on Saturday demanded that the accused must be booked under The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 and the school managemen
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Delhi LG issues directives for women's safety
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Wednesday chaired a meeting of task force on women safety and directed for digitisation of data in respect of sexual offences against women for fast track investigation of FIRs.
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Congress leader sexual exploitation row: BJP slams 'Maseeha of poor&#
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 22 (ANI): With Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) vice president Brajesh Pandey getting booked under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences), the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday questioned the silence from the grand old party and demanded an apolo
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SC directs Centre to resolve conflict in provisions of IPC, POSCO
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central Government to examine the "conflict" between the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
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Bulandshahr rape: NCW exposes UP Police's apathy, says POCSO Act miss
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan), Aug. 1 (ANI): In a major revelation, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday exposed the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the brutal gang-rape of a woman and her daughter in Bulandshahr district, saying that the crucial (Protection of Children from Sexual
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Dayashankar's wife demands POCSO Act against Mayawati, Siddiqui
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), July 23 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh's wife Swati on Saturday demanded the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act to be imposed against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and her party colleague
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