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43,000 offences under POCSO Act registered last year: AG KK Venugopal to S
Updated : 4 years, 6 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, 6 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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SC appoints amicus curiae in case filed against Bombay HC's order acquitti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Supreme Court on Friday asked senior advocate Siddharth Dave to assist it as amicus curiae in a case where the Bombay High Court acquitted a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor stating that "groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" can
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NCPCR seeks action against Rahul Gandhi's for revealing Nangal rape victim
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday issued notice to Twitter India asking it to take action against the Twitter handle of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi allegedly for violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
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Delhi Court grants anticipatory bail to 2 accused in POCSO Act
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): A Delhi Court has granted anticipatory bail to two accused in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, observing that complainant said that she has no objection to granting relief to the accused persons if they do not cause any disturbanc
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FIRs being filed as Twitter now responsible for its contents after losing
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): A day after the Delhi Police Cyber Cell registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and IT Act against Twitter, National in-charge of BJP's Information and Technology department Amit Malviya said child pornography is o
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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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J-K govt appoints public prosecutors for expeditious trial of rape, POCSO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 23 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday appointed public prosecutors in the Fast Track Courts for conducting the expeditious trial of rape cases and the cases registered under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences, Act, 2
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30 booked under rape, POCSO, murder in Haryana, convicted in Q1 of 2021
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 11 (ANI): As many as 30 people booked under rape, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), murder, and other such crimes were successfully convicted by the Haryana Police in the first quarter of 2021, the police informed on Sunday.
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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, 11 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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