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"Physical Relations" Can't Automatically Mean Sexual Assault: High Court
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase "physical relations" by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault.
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"Give Free Treatment To Rape, Acid Attack Survivors": Delhi High Court's Landmark Order
In a landmark order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed that victims of rape, acid attacks, sexual assaults, and survivors of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases are entitled to free medical treatment.
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UP Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Mentally Challenged Girl
A special POCSO court here on Tuesday sentenced a person to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old mentally challenged girl.
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Sex In Front Of Child Is Sexual Harassment Of Minor: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that having sexual intercourse or exhibiting a naked body before a minor amounts to sexual harassment of the child and is punishable under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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7-Year-Old's Neighbour Sentenced To Death For Her Rape And Murder In Kolkata
Less than two years after a 7-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was found inside a sack, a court in Kolkata has sentenced her neighbour to death, holding that the crime falls under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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Man, 70, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping 6-Year-Old Girl
A special POCSO court in North Tripura district on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl last year.
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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexually Assaulting 21 Children In Arunachal School
A special POCSO court in Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting 21 children, including 15 girls, at a residential school.
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Maharashtra Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Abusing 9-Year-Old Daughter
A special POCSO court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after holding him guilty of sexually abusing his nine-year-old daughter, a case their neighbour had exposed.
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"Egregious Error By High Court": Big Supreme Court Order On Child Porn
Downloading and watching child pornography is an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark judgment.
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2 Men Get 20-Year Jail Term For Raping 16-Year-Old Girl In UP
A special POCSO court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2019.
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Man Gets Life Term For Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Boy In UP
A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy over three years ago.
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Bengal Cabinet Okays Proposal To Set Up More Courts To Deal With Child Abuse Cases
The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal to set up five more special POCSO courts in the state, taking the total number of such courts to 67 Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya said.
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Kerala Man Jailed For Life Over Years-Long Harassment Of Daughter: Court
A special court for Pocso cases in the Kerala capital on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old man to imprisonment till his death for the brutal crime of molesting his daughter for several years right from when she was five years old.
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High Court Raps Investigation In Thane Rape Case, Implementation Of POCSO
The Bombay High Court had expressed serious concern about the flaws in the implementation of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
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Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Kidnapping, Raping 13-Year-Old Girl
A special POCSO court in Thane on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a 13-year-old kin and repeatedly raping her.
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"Physical Relations" Can't Automatically Mean Sexual Assault: High Court
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase "physical relations" by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault.
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"Give Free Treatment To Rape, Acid Attack Survivors": Delhi High Court's Landmark Order
In a landmark order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed that victims of rape, acid attacks, sexual assaults, and survivors of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases are entitled to free medical treatment.
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UP Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Mentally Challenged Girl
A special POCSO court here on Tuesday sentenced a person to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old mentally challenged girl.
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Sex In Front Of Child Is Sexual Harassment Of Minor: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that having sexual intercourse or exhibiting a naked body before a minor amounts to sexual harassment of the child and is punishable under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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7-Year-Old's Neighbour Sentenced To Death For Her Rape And Murder In Kolkata
Less than two years after a 7-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was found inside a sack, a court in Kolkata has sentenced her neighbour to death, holding that the crime falls under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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Man, 70, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping 6-Year-Old Girl
A special POCSO court in North Tripura district on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl last year.
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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexually Assaulting 21 Children In Arunachal School
A special POCSO court in Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting 21 children, including 15 girls, at a residential school.
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Maharashtra Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Abusing 9-Year-Old Daughter
A special POCSO court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after holding him guilty of sexually abusing his nine-year-old daughter, a case their neighbour had exposed.
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"Egregious Error By High Court": Big Supreme Court Order On Child Porn
Downloading and watching child pornography is an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark judgment.
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2 Men Get 20-Year Jail Term For Raping 16-Year-Old Girl In UP
A special POCSO court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2019.
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Man Gets Life Term For Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Boy In UP
A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy over three years ago.
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Bengal Cabinet Okays Proposal To Set Up More Courts To Deal With Child Abuse Cases
The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal to set up five more special POCSO courts in the state, taking the total number of such courts to 67 Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya said.
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Kerala Man Jailed For Life Over Years-Long Harassment Of Daughter: Court
A special court for Pocso cases in the Kerala capital on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old man to imprisonment till his death for the brutal crime of molesting his daughter for several years right from when she was five years old.
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High Court Raps Investigation In Thane Rape Case, Implementation Of POCSO
The Bombay High Court had expressed serious concern about the flaws in the implementation of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
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Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Kidnapping, Raping 13-Year-Old Girl
A special POCSO court in Thane on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a 13-year-old kin and repeatedly raping her.
