Penal Code And Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences

The Karnataka Police have arrested a driver and charged him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after he admitted tomolesting schoolgirls, police said.

15 teachers of a government school, including the principal, have been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after four students accused them of gang rape in Rajasthan's Alwar.

Two girls were allegedly raped in separate incidents and the accused persons have been arrested in both cases on Friday, police said.

A Thane court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for molesting a minor girl in Thane district in Maharashtra. District Judge P P Jadhav pronounced the accused, Sameer Javed Naik, guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and also imposed...

The Supreme Court today said it would examine the provisions of law which provide curbs and balances for media in reporting incidents of sexual assault, including that of minors, after it was complained that there have been "regular violation" of such provisions.

"Section 23(2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) and Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), prohibit printing and publication of any matter which may disclose the identity of a child or of a person against whom an offence under Sections 376, 376A, 376B, 376C or 376D of IPC is alleged or found to have b...

In a shameful day for the city, four incidents of rape, all involving minors, were reported from various areas on Thursday. In one such case, a teenager was raped by her stepfather. In all cases the cops have arrested the accused, and in three cases they have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Childre...

The Karnataka Police have arrested a driver and charged him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after he admitted tomolesting schoolgirls, police said.

15 teachers of a government school, including the principal, have been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after four students accused them of gang rape in Rajasthan's Alwar.

Two girls were allegedly raped in separate incidents and the accused persons have been arrested in both cases on Friday, police said.

A Thane court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for molesting a minor girl in Thane district in Maharashtra. District Judge P P Jadhav pronounced the accused, Sameer Javed Naik, guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and also imposed...

The Supreme Court today said it would examine the provisions of law which provide curbs and balances for media in reporting incidents of sexual assault, including that of minors, after it was complained that there have been "regular violation" of such provisions.

"Section 23(2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) and Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), prohibit printing and publication of any matter which may disclose the identity of a child or of a person against whom an offence under Sections 376, 376A, 376B, 376C or 376D of IPC is alleged or found to have b...

In a shameful day for the city, four incidents of rape, all involving minors, were reported from various areas on Thursday. In one such case, a teenager was raped by her stepfather. In all cases the cops have arrested the accused, and in three cases they have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Childre...