POCSO

Non-Bailable Arrest Warrant Issued Against Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in POCSO Case

Yediyurappa In POCSO Case: The warrant stems from a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, alleging that Yediyurappa sexually assaulted her daughter during a meeting on February 2nd of this year at his residence in Dollars Colony.

Jun 13, 2024, 17:17 PM IST

SC Rejects Asaram’s Plea For Sentence Suspension In Rape Case On Health Grounds

In his plea, filed through advocate Rajesh Gulab Inamdar, Asaram said he had spent more than 11 years and 7 months in jail in the case.

Mar 01, 2024, 16:45 PM IST

Lingayat mutt sex scandal: Withdraw administrator or face protest, say seers

Chitradurga, Dec 20 (IANS) A group of more than 40 seers who held a meeting at the Chitradurga Murugha Mutt on Tuesday have urged the ruling BJP in Karnataka to withdraw the decision of appointing an administrator for the mutt.

Dec 20, 2022, 19:53 PM IST

Karnataka: Man tied to pole, beaten by father of harassed girl, arrested

The girl's father and his friends, who tracked the accused, found him at the spot where the girl was harassed on Saturday, they allegedly tied him to a pole and beat him.

Dec 18, 2022, 15:32 PM IST

UP shocker: 9-year-old girl brutalised, found dead in wheat field

The Class 3 student was found dead with her abdomen cut open and visceral organs scattered all around, police said.

Dec 04, 2022, 21:59 PM IST

Madrasa teacher held for molesting 6-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa

MP  Home Minister Narottam Mishra said the Police have been directed to find out if the accused had committed a similar act with any of the other girls in the institution.

Oct 29, 2022, 17:12 PM IST

'A record punishment': Kerala man sentenced to 142 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor girl

A local court in Kerala sentenced a 41-year-old man to 142 years of jail for raping a minor girl for two years.

Oct 01, 2022, 18:02 PM IST

Delhi horror: 10-year-old boy, sodomised by his 3 friends, dies

The police had apprehended two of the accused and produced them before the Juvenile Justice Board.

Oct 01, 2022, 12:41 PM IST

Gujarat man gets capital punishment for raping, murdering his 2-year-old niece

On September 16, 2018, the man lured the little girl and took her with him to a paddy farm, where he committed the heinous crime and fled.

Aug 31, 2022, 16:06 PM IST

Bihar gang-rape: 17-year-old girl's drink spiked, raped in moving bus

Four accused were arrested in connection with the Bihar rape incident which occurred on Tuesday (June 7).

Jun 08, 2022, 15:47 PM IST

Former Uttarakhand minister, accused of molesting granddaughter, shoots himself dead

Ex-Uttarakhand minister Rajendra Bahuguna, 59, was booked recently under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of his daughter-in-law. 

May 27, 2022, 16:10 PM IST

12-year-old boy booked under POCSO Act for raping, impregnating 17-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu

The 17-year-old girl was hospitalised after she complained of stomach pain. Upon examination, the doctors found out that she was nine months pregnant.

Apr 22, 2022, 11:49 AM IST

11-year-old girl raped by her brother, father, molested by grandfather and uncle in Pune

Police have registered a case under various sections of IPC for rape and molestation but have yet to arrest anybody, an official said, adding that the crime was committed over the last five years.

Mar 20, 2022, 07:32 AM IST

Obscenity case: Bombay High Court denies immediate relief from arrest to Mahesh Manjrekar

Manjrekar on Friday filed a petition in the High Court seeking for the case to be quashed and sought interim protection from arrest.

Feb 25, 2022, 20:29 PM IST

In country's 'fastest' rape case conviction, man in Bihar gets life term in one day's proceedings

Talking to reporters, POSCO Public Prosecutor Shyamlal Yadav said, "The case in Araria was the speediest trial of a rape case in the country. It beat the record of a court in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district that wrapped up in three days a rape trial in August 2018."

Nov 29, 2021, 10:12 AM IST

Supreme Court overturns the decision of Bombay High Court

The Supreme Court gave a big verdict on the skin-skin touch and POCSO dispute. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Bombay High Court, saying that in the case of sexual harassment, the POCSO Act is applicable even without skin-skin touch.

Nov 19, 2021, 11:52 AM IST

Rajasthan man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping 7-year-old boy

Ravinder Singh Rajput, a resident of Badgaun under Kunhari Police Station area, was convicted for sodomising the boy in his neighbourhood two years ago, public prosecutor at POCSO Court?4, Dhirendra Choudhary, told reporters.

Aug 19, 2021, 18:40 PM IST

Maharashtra man arrested for abducting, raping minor girl

A 31-year-old man was arrested from Dodamarg in the neighbouring Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra for allegedly abducting and raping a minor girl from a village in Goa, police said on Wednesday.

Aug 11, 2021, 21:14 PM IST

Horror! One-and-a-half-year-old abducted, raped, murdered in Uttar Pardesh

According to reports, the toddler was sleeping in an open courtyard on Monday night when the accused (30) picked her up and took her to a deserted school building nearby, where he raped her. When the parents did not find their girl early morning on Tuesday, a search began and she was found profusely bleeding. The accused, who was also with the victim, was caught by the villagers and handed over to the police.

Jun 22, 2021, 16:44 PM IST

Gudiya case: Woodcutter convicted of rape-murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl gets life imprisonment

Four years ago when the incident occurred, it had triggered an outrage all over Himachal Pradesh. The teen was raped and killed in a forested area in Shimla's Kotkhai while she was returning home from school.

Jun 18, 2021, 18:45 PM IST