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Rape case of minor: SC notice to Rajasthan on Asaram's plea challenging Rajasthan HC judgmentThe Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to respond within two weeks to a plea by Asaram, challenging his life sentence for the...- Rape convict Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after High Court upholds life sentenceAsaram surrendered at Jodhpur Central Jail. The Rajasthan High Court upheld his life sentence in a 2013 minor rape case. His interim bail w...
- Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afreshThe Supreme Court has overturned a Delhi High Court decision that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The c...
- Allahabad HC says live-in influenced by western ideas, sets aside life term in rape caseThe Allahabad High Court overturned a life sentence for Chandresh. He was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman. The court ...
- Kerala: Mother and her friend sentenced to 180 years for repeatedly abusing 12-year-old daughter; Court orders multi-lakh fineA shocking child abuse case saw a woman and her male partner sentenced to 180 years rigorous imprisonment each. They were found guilty of r...
- 'Not lust, love': Supreme Court quashes conviction of POCSO convict noting marriage between victim, accusedThe Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted under POCSO and IPC, citing his subsequent marriage and peaceful family life with the victim. T...
- Four men under trial in rape and POCSO Act cases escape from Kobra jail in ChhattisgarhFour prisoners, facing rape charges and booked under the POCSO Act, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Korba district. The escape occurr...
- Saying 'I love you' not molestation or sexual offence: High Court acquits man convicted in case involving a teenagerThe Bombay High Court overturned a man's conviction for molestation and violating the POCSO Act, stating that expressing "I love you" alone...
- Kolkata Court sentences man to death for rape and attempted murder of infantA special Pocso court in Kolkata sentenced Rajiv Ghosh to death for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl. Describ...
- 'Physical relations' cannot automatically mean sexual assault: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court acquitted a man accused in a POCSO case, stating that the minor survivor's use of the phrase 'physical relations' does...
- Beware if you're watching this porn as it may put you in jail for up to 7 yearsThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that possessing child pornographic material, even without dissemination, is a criminal offence. The co...
- Tamil Nadu cops ask officials to deal with Pocso matters sensitivelyOfficials are asked to reach out to families and appraise them of trial’s developments
- Allahabad HC reduces jail term of man who sexually assaulted minor, terms it 'lesser offence'"Penetrative sexual assault being lesser offence from aggravated pentrative sexual assault is legally permissible to convict the appellant ...
- 43,000 cases filed under Pocso Act last year: Attorney general KK VenugopalThe high court had triggered a controversy when it had acquitted an accused in a Pocso case on the grounds that he had merely groped the cl...
- Muzaffarpur shelter home: Court to announce quantum of sentence for convicts on Feb 11The court had on Jan 20 convicted Thakur, who once unsuccessfully contested assembly polls on Bihar People's Party (BPP) ticket, of several...
- Delhi court convicts expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao rape caseA Delhi court on Monday convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for kidnapping and rape of a woman in Unnao in 2017.
- Cabinet note soon to protect minor boys from abuseThe ministry is set to bring in a Cabinet note within the next two weeks so that the proposal can be included in the Bill that the govt wil...
- Child rights activists oppose death penalty for rape of minorsA number of activists argue that the introduction of the death penalty would simply lead to a decrease in the already poor conviction rates...
- Convictions rise in sexual offence cases on childrenBengaluru has the most number of child sexual offences cases registered in the country under the Act. According to the National Crime Recor...
- Supreme Court to examine whether man be tried under POCSO in rape caseThe Supreme Court has agreed to examine a complex legal question as to whether a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman having an IQ of...
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