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Prime Suspect's Father Dies In Fake NCC Camp Sexual Abuse Case
The main accused in the fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu and his father have both died, police said. The state opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP chief K Annamalai have raised questions of criminal
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6 Jailed For Life In Ajmer Sex Scandal After 32 Years
Special POCSO Court on Tuesday sentenced life imprisonment to six accused in the Ajmer blackmail case which is also called as Ajmer sex scandal.
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Supreme Court Dismisses High Court Verdict Advising Young Girls To "Control Sexual Urges"
The Supreme Court today set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court in which it acquitted an accused in a sexual assault case and made "objectionable" observations advising adolescent girls to "control sexual urges".
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BS Yediyurappa Summoned By Court On July 15 In Child Sex Abuse Case
A special Bengaluru court Thursday ordered veteran BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa along with other accused, to appear before it on July 15 in connection with the case of sexual harassment of a minor under the Pocso Act
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BS Yediyurappa Can't Be Arrested In Sexual Assault Case Till Next Hearing: Court
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, accused of sex harassment of a minor, cannot be arrested until the next hearing in the case, the Karnataka High Court ruled today.
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"Vendetta Politics": BJP Slams Congress Over Arrest Warrant Against BS Yediyurappa
The Karnataka BJP on Thursday accused the Congress government in the state of pursuing vendetta politics in the POCSO case involving former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in retaliation for dragging Rahul Gandhi to court in a defamation case.
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Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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Accused In Minor's Rape Can't Serve Parole Where Survivor Lives: Rajasthan High Court
In a significant ruling, the Rajasthan High Court ordered that an accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 cannot serve parole in the same city or village where the survivor lives.
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Cop Arrested For Raping Minor In Rajasthan Dismissed From Service
The police sub-inspector accused of raping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Dausa district has been terminated from service and arrested after a case was registered against him under relevant sections, including the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act.
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In Ujjain Rape Case, Those Who Didn't Help Teen May Face Charges: Police
The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.
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15 Arrested As Assam Child Marriage Crackdown Continues
Police in Assam have arrested 15 qazis, or Islamic judges, who have been accused of conducting child marriages, and seized 10 marriage certificates from the accused's possession.
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Jadavpur University Ragging Death: 13 Arrested Accused Charged Under POCSO Act
All 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University have been charged under the POCSO Act, police said.
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4 Convicted For Gang-Rape, Murder of Dalit Sisters In UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Almost a year after two minor Dalit sisters were hanged here after being raped, a special court on Friday convicted four of the six accused in the case, a government advocate said.
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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Minor, Says 'Consensual Relationship'
A 24-year-old man from Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai who was accused of raping a minor girl has been acquitted by a special court, with the judge calling it a case of consensual relationship.
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Man Accused Of Rape Over Teenage "Romance" Gets Bail, They're A Couple Now
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.
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Prime Suspect's Father Dies In Fake NCC Camp Sexual Abuse Case
The main accused in the fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu and his father have both died, police said. The state opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP chief K Annamalai have raised questions of criminal
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6 Jailed For Life In Ajmer Sex Scandal After 32 Years
Special POCSO Court on Tuesday sentenced life imprisonment to six accused in the Ajmer blackmail case which is also called as Ajmer sex scandal.
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Supreme Court Dismisses High Court Verdict Advising Young Girls To "Control Sexual Urges"
The Supreme Court today set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court in which it acquitted an accused in a sexual assault case and made "objectionable" observations advising adolescent girls to "control sexual urges".
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BS Yediyurappa Summoned By Court On July 15 In Child Sex Abuse Case
A special Bengaluru court Thursday ordered veteran BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa along with other accused, to appear before it on July 15 in connection with the case of sexual harassment of a minor under the Pocso Act
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BS Yediyurappa Can't Be Arrested In Sexual Assault Case Till Next Hearing: Court
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, accused of sex harassment of a minor, cannot be arrested until the next hearing in the case, the Karnataka High Court ruled today.
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"Vendetta Politics": BJP Slams Congress Over Arrest Warrant Against BS Yediyurappa
The Karnataka BJP on Thursday accused the Congress government in the state of pursuing vendetta politics in the POCSO case involving former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in retaliation for dragging Rahul Gandhi to court in a defamation case.
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Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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Accused In Minor's Rape Can't Serve Parole Where Survivor Lives: Rajasthan High Court
In a significant ruling, the Rajasthan High Court ordered that an accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 cannot serve parole in the same city or village where the survivor lives.
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Cop Arrested For Raping Minor In Rajasthan Dismissed From Service
The police sub-inspector accused of raping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Dausa district has been terminated from service and arrested after a case was registered against him under relevant sections, including the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act.
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In Ujjain Rape Case, Those Who Didn't Help Teen May Face Charges: Police
The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.
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15 Arrested As Assam Child Marriage Crackdown Continues
Police in Assam have arrested 15 qazis, or Islamic judges, who have been accused of conducting child marriages, and seized 10 marriage certificates from the accused's possession.
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Jadavpur University Ragging Death: 13 Arrested Accused Charged Under POCSO Act
All 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University have been charged under the POCSO Act, police said.
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4 Convicted For Gang-Rape, Murder of Dalit Sisters In UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Almost a year after two minor Dalit sisters were hanged here after being raped, a special court on Friday convicted four of the six accused in the case, a government advocate said.
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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Minor, Says 'Consensual Relationship'
A 24-year-old man from Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai who was accused of raping a minor girl has been acquitted by a special court, with the judge calling it a case of consensual relationship.
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Man Accused Of Rape Over Teenage "Romance" Gets Bail, They're A Couple Now
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.
