Based on the evidence collected so far during the course of investigation, other sections of IT Act, and also under relevent sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have been added to the case on July 6.
Delhi Police have booked two persons under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly threatening and sexually harassing a minor girl in South West Delhi, officials said on Thursday.
During the inquiry, police found that the minor has come to the mall with her grandmother. "While the grandmother went to the washroom, the girl walked inside the shop where the accused allegedly molested her," police said.
The District Court jury in Sydney's Downing Centre on Monday found that the predator lured five women into the web of lies then paralysed them with drugs and hoarded trophies of his callous assaults.
The judgement was passed while considering a bail application of an accused in a rape case. While considering the bail plea, the court asked whether the victim's right to be heard includes the obligation to be impleaded as a party-respondent in criminal proceedings.
In the year 2018, FIR was registered against the accused for committing repeated sexual offences over a period of 8 months and clicking offensive photographs of the child victim. The statement of the victim was also recorded by the Magistrate. The accused was thereafter arrested and since th
The Assam government on Monday said that 494 persons out of 8,773 who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) cases in the state, have been convicted since 2017.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of the Centre Government on a plea seeking declaration as ultra vires the impugned Sections 19, 21 and 22 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 allegedly being against Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
The police further said that after the matter was reported to the police, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.