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Special POCSO court sentences man to 20 years jail, 25k fine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 5 (ANI): A special POCSO (Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court on Thursday sentenced a convict to 20 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 for the rape of a minor.
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Injustice meted out, says Rahul Gandhi on Bombay HC 'skin-to-skin order'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted over the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court order where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protecti
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Holding hands of minor, opening pant zip not sexual assault under POCSO: B
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has held that the act of holding the hands of a minor or unzip the pant of the accused does not amount to sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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SC stays Bombay HC 'skin-to-skin order' for acquittal of POCSO accused
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protecti
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Groping child without skin to skin contact does not constitute sexual assa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Bombay High Court acquitted an appellant under the POCSO Act ruling that pressing of the breast of a child without "skin to skin contact with sexual intent" does not constitute "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexua
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Mumbai: Three-year-old gang-raped by two minors, booked under POSCO Act
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 21 (ANI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys after which a case was registered against the two under IPC section 376 and The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Mumbai police said on Saturday.
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SC seeks views to improve gender sensitivity in judges towards victims of
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked Attorney General KK Venugopal and others to recommend ways to improve gender sensitivity towards victims while laying down bail conditions for sex crime offenders.
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Cop arrested for 'molesting' women, minor in Delhi's Dwarka
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Dwarka Police have arrested a Sub-Inspector for allegedly molesting women and a minor in the area. Four separate cases have been lodged against him including the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Delhi Police.
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15-year jail term, Rs 50,000 fine for man convicted of raping minor
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 22(ANI): A special POCSO (Protection of children from sexual offences) Court here has awarded a 15-year jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on a person convicted of raping a minor girl.
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Chief Justice Menon to set up fast track courts
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court PR Ramchandra Menon, requesting him to notify the fast track courts in all the districts for speedy hearing and disposal of cases related to sex
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SC seeks Centre's response on plea seeking equal protection for transgende
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to provide equal protection to the transgender community against sexual offences.
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Lack of professionalism is writ large in POCSO cases' investigations: Kera
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 21 (ANI): A lack of professionalism is writ large in the investigations of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) cases, the Kerala High Court observed on Friday.
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