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Cabinet approves amendments to POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexua
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 that provides for the death penalty for sexual offences against children.
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Union Cabinet approves Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 201
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019. The Bill will be introduced in the ongoing session of parliament.
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Mumbai: 35-yr-old arrested for sexually assaulting a 4-yr-old
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21 (ANI): A 35-year-old constable was arrested on Thursday under The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.
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West Bengal: 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted by distant relative, accu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 19 (ANI): Police have arrested a man here after the mother of an 11-year-old girl filed a complaint stating that her distant relative committed penetrative sexual assault on her daughter.
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Man arrested for allegedly raping 14-year-old girl in Alwar
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Jun 14 (ANI): Rajasthan Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Alwar city.
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POCSO court frames charges against 21 accused in Muzaffarpur shelter home
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Mar 30 (ANI): A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court here on Saturday framed charges against all 21 accused persons in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case.
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Three booked in Bihar under POCSO for molestation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jehanabad (Bihar), [India], Feb 9 (ANI): A case has been registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against three men accused for molesting a girl in Jehanabad.
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Centre approves death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under POCSO
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Union cabinet on Friday approved death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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3-year-old girl raped in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): On the sixth anniversary of the Nirbhaya rape case, a three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 40-year-old neighbour in Delhi's Bindapur area on Sunday.
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Delhi: Cab driver arrested for raping minor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): A local taxi driver was arrested from national capital's Shahbad Dairy area on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl, police said.
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Victim of child sexual abuse can file complaint any time irrespective of p
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday said that is no period of limitation with regard to reporting of child sexual offences under the POCSO Act, 2012.
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Kalburagi: Teacher arrested for sexually abusing students
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kalburagi (Karnataka) [India], Oct 06 (ANI): The Karnataka Police on Friday arrested 51-year-old Basavaraj, a physical education teacher in the Government Girls High School in Kalburagi, for sexually abusing and molesting female students.
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