protection of children from sexual offences act

Panaji, March 24 The investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of girls, in which the son of a BJP councilor has been arrested, has been handed over to the Crime Branch, a senior official of the Goa Police said.None of the victims have come forward to file a complaint against the...

Mumbai, March 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a girl in 2017, and ordered a fresh trial as he had not been represented by a lawyer during the earlier proceedings.A division bench of Justices...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 23 A teacher at a madrasa was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old student in the town of Shahpur in the district, police said.According to police, the incident came to light after a video of the alleged act surfaced on social media...

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 19 A 38-year-old man with a criminal record was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl near Vilathikulam here, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Dharma Muneeswaran, was apprehended after CCTV footage from a windmill...

Mumbai, March 19 – The National Commission for Women has issued summons to actors Nora Fatehi and Sanjay Dutt, along with others, in connection with the controversy surrounding the song "Sarke Chunar Teri Sarke".Acting under the powers granted by the National Commission for Women Act, 1990...

New Delhi, March 17 A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl from his neighborhood in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area, police said on Tuesday.The incident came to light after the minor narrated the alleged events to her mother, who subsequently approached the...

New Delhi, March 15 Three boys, aged between 12 and 13 years, have been apprehended for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in the Okhla Industrial Area of southeast Delhi, an officer said on Monday.The incident came to light after a PCR call was received on March 14 regarding the alleged...

Pilibhit (UP), March 15 A 17-year-old boy has been booked for allegedly sodomizing an 11-year-old in a village here, police said on Sunday.The police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)...

Beed, March 14 Two men are on the run after a case was registered against them for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Beed district, Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in the Parli Vaijnath tehsil about three months ago, an official said.According...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...

Kolkata, March 12 – A civic volunteer has been arrested in Howrah on charges of allegedly molesting a teenage girl who later died by suicide, police said on Thursday.According to a senior police officer, the accused civic volunteer was arrested following the incident that took place in Amta...

New Delhi, March 10 Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Deorao Nikam urged the government on Tuesday to consider providing limited administrative flexibility to courts handling cases under the POCSO Act, in order to address the psychological hesitation faced by some male child victims when giving evidence...

Prayagraj (UP), March 8 Ashutosh Brahmachari, who had filed a complaint alleging that Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati sexually exploited students at his ashram, was attacked by an unidentified person with a razor on a train here on Sunday morning, police said.Reacting to the incident...

Patna, March 6 – The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant in Patna has taken a more serious turn after the Bihar government amended its earlier notification and incorporated sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act into the case.With this amendment, the Central...

Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu), February 28 A local member of the DMK youth wing has been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Krishnagiri district, police said on Saturday.The accused, identified as 40-year-old Periyanayagam, was...

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...

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...

Prayagraj (UP), February 24 Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati moved the Allahabad High Court seeking anticipatory bail on Tuesday after being booked for alleged sexual harassment of minor children and other offenses.A notice has been sent to the office of the government advocate in this...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the critical observations made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court against a judge of a special court, stating that the "rash conclusion" accusing the judge of "intellectual dishonesty" was "completely unwarranted".The special court...

Lucknow (UP), February 22 An FIR has been registered in Prayagraj against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, over allegations of sexual abuse of two individuals, including a minor, over the past year, including during the Magh Mela.This action follows...