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Indore court sentences 20-yr-old man to life imprisonment for raping minor
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has sentenced a 20-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor and forcing her to have an abortion.
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New criminal laws will replace IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act from today
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Delhi Court sentences man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually a
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
A Delhi Court has sentenced a man to a 20-year jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting a boy.
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Convicted sexual offender on the run for last three years after jumping pa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Delhi police have arrested a person who was convicted of a sexual offence and has been on the run for the last three years without returning to prison after his parole was ended.
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"Bail for Yediyurappa justifiable": Basavraj Bommai
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Soon after the Karnataka High Court halted the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), party leader Basavraj Bommai termed it "justifiable" and claimed that it was a "c
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Relief for BS Yediyurappa: Coercive proceedings of arrest, detention on ho
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
A day after a non-bailable warrant was issued against former state Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), the Karnataka High Court issued an order stating that coercive proceedings of arrest and
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"There is no truth in complaint": BY Raghavendra on non-bailable warrant a
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
On Thursday, BJP leader BS Yediyurappa was issued a non-bailable warrant under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl.
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Karnataka: Bengaluru court issues non-bailable warrant against former Chie
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A Bengaluru Court in Karnataka on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against former state Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa in connection with an alleged sexual assault case with a minor girl under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act
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MP: Minor raped in boarding school hostel in Bhopal; case registered again
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
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
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Delhi HC acquits man in POCSO case, says wrongful conviction is far worse
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted a man who was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and said that there are inadequacies and contradictions in the case of the prosecution.
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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping, impregnating his minor daug
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Special judge (POCSO) Babita Punia sentenced the convict to life imprisonment under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court said that life imprisonment shall mean the remainder of the natural life of the convict. The Court has also imposed a fine o
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CID to investigate POCSO case against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
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).
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