Search For "sexual offences"
Karnataka: Bengaluru court issues non-bailable warrant against former Chie
Updated : 1 year, 9 months 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
Read More
MP: Minor raped in boarding school hostel in Bhopal; case registered again
Updated : 1 year, 10 months 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
Read More
Delhi HC acquits man in POCSO case, says wrongful conviction is far worse
Updated : 1 year, 11 months 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.
Read More
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping, impregnating his minor daug
Updated : 1 year, 11 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
Read More
CID to investigate POCSO case against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
Updated : 2 years 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).
Read More
"Let's see what happens next," BS Yediyurappa on allegations of sexual ass
Updated : 2 years ago IST
B S Yediyurappa faces an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for allegedly assaulting a minor girl.
Read More
"Sensitive matter, probe on": Karnataka Home Minister on allegations of se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Karnataka's former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa faces an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). The FIR has been filed against the former CM for allegedly assaulting a minor girl.
Read More
Delhi HC says POCSO case can't be compromised in mediation
Updated : 2 years ago IST
However, the High Court clarified that the cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act can't be referred to mediation for compromise or settlement.
Read More
Gautam Buddha Nagar: Man arrested under POCSO for raping minor
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A man has been arrested under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly raping a three-year-old minor here, police said on Friday.
Read More
Minor rape case: Man sentenced to 20-years of rigorous imprisonment in Har
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A special and fastrack court for protection of children from sexual offences has awarded a 20-year rigorous imprisonment to a man for raping a minor girl in Haryana's Jind district.
Read More
Brij Bhushan Singh case: Delhi Court defers order on police's cancellation
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Thursday deferred the pronouncement of the order on whether to accept Delhi Police's cancellation report in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case against former WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Read More
Rajasthan: 13-year-old minor girl raped for 10 days in Ajmer
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A case has been registered under a section of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police said.
Read More