pocso case

Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 A case has been registered against a man in jail here in connection with a POCSO case, alleging that he harassed the victim through video calls from inside the prison. A senior official said this on Monday.The case was registered on March 14, the official said...

New Delhi, March 23 Questioning the "insensitive" approach of the Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a four-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gurugram commissioner of police and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 BJP leader K Surendran, who is contesting from the Manjeshwar constituency in the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, has 242 pending criminal cases against him, according to his nomination papers filed on Saturday.According to the affidavit submitted along with his...

Yadgir (Karnataka), February 27 – Self-proclaimed "godman" Mallikarjun Mutya, an accused in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), has approached the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking to quash the case registered against him.Mallikarjun Mutya approached...

Varanasi, February 25 – Jagatguru Balak Devacharya of Patalpuri Math has expressed serious concerns about the allegations leveled against a Shankaracharya, stating that the issue is deeply troubling and could severely damage public faith in the religious community if the charges are proven true...

Nainital, February 24 The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed the proceedings in a POCSO case against a man, noting that the accused and the victim are now legally married, have a child, and that the woman wants to live with him.Continuing the trial or sending the accused to jail would disrupt...

Kolkata, February 24 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment sentence of a man, convicted for the rape of a minor, stating that his appeal, which has been pending since 2019, is yet to be heard, and that prior appeals are also pending.Noting that it is uncertain when...

Varanasi, February 23 – Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said on Monday that he is ready to face arrest and will fully cooperate with any investigation related to the POCSO case, even as he criticized the Uttar Pradesh government.Addressing reporters during a media interaction here, the...

Kollam (Kerala), February 18 An accused in a POCSO case escaped from the court premises just minutes before he was sentenced to a cumulative 23 years for abducting a minor girl from Assam and sexually assaulting her, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the Fast Track Special...

Jalaun (UP), February 14 An undertrial prisoner in the Orai district jail, involved in a POCSO case, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the prison toilet on Saturday, officials said.Manoj Kumar, 25, had been in judicial custody since March 2025 in connection with the case...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 10 A court here on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2022.Additional District Judge (POCSO) Amit Veer Singh found Dev Shah guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court also...