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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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Brad Pitt's Former Body Double Imprisoned For Sexual Offences
The case marks Scotland's first prosecution of its kind, highlighting Ford's 12-year campaign of abuse against nine women.
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Alan Jones, Famed Australian Broadcaster Denies 'Baseless' Sex Offence Charges
Alan Jones was arrested last month by detectives from a dedicated child abuse squad. At the time he was charged with 26 offences against several alleged victims spanning between 2001 and 2019, New South Wales Police said.
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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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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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Can't Allow Victim Shaming As Legal Strategy In Sexual Assault Cases: Court
Shaming a victim and her family must not be allowed as tools of legal strategy in cases of sexual offences against minors as it deters them from reporting such offences to the authorities, the Delhi High Court has said.
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BS Yediyurappa Requests High Court To Cancel Child Sex Abuse Case Against Him
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, seeking to cancel the child sex abuse case filed against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
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Chargesheet Filed Against BS Yediyurappa In Child Sex Abuse Case
In fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, the state police's Criminal Investigation Department has filed a chargesheet naming him and three others in a case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
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BJP's BS Yediyurappa Grilled For 3 Hours In Child Sex Abuse Case
BJP veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was questioned by the state police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for three hours today in a case under the stringent Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
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Warrant Against BJP's BS Yediyurappa Over Sexual Assault Allegations
A Bengaluru court has issued a non-bailable warrant against BJP leader BS Yediyurappa after he failed to appear for questioning in a case under Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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"If Necessary": Karnataka On BS Yediyurappa's Arrest Over Sex Assault Charges
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
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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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Child Sex Abuse Cases Can't Be Dismissed Based On "Compromise": High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that crimes under 'Special Statutes' like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO can't be dismissed merely based on "compromise" between the victim and the offender.
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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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"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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Brad Pitt's Former Body Double Imprisoned For Sexual Offences
The case marks Scotland's first prosecution of its kind, highlighting Ford's 12-year campaign of abuse against nine women.
-
Alan Jones, Famed Australian Broadcaster Denies 'Baseless' Sex Offence Charges
Alan Jones was arrested last month by detectives from a dedicated child abuse squad. At the time he was charged with 26 offences against several alleged victims spanning between 2001 and 2019, New South Wales Police said.
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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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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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Can't Allow Victim Shaming As Legal Strategy In Sexual Assault Cases: Court
Shaming a victim and her family must not be allowed as tools of legal strategy in cases of sexual offences against minors as it deters them from reporting such offences to the authorities, the Delhi High Court has said.
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BS Yediyurappa Requests High Court To Cancel Child Sex Abuse Case Against Him
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, seeking to cancel the child sex abuse case filed against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
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Chargesheet Filed Against BS Yediyurappa In Child Sex Abuse Case
In fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, the state police's Criminal Investigation Department has filed a chargesheet naming him and three others in a case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
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BJP's BS Yediyurappa Grilled For 3 Hours In Child Sex Abuse Case
BJP veteran and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was questioned by the state police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for three hours today in a case under the stringent Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
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Warrant Against BJP's BS Yediyurappa Over Sexual Assault Allegations
A Bengaluru court has issued a non-bailable warrant against BJP leader BS Yediyurappa after he failed to appear for questioning in a case under Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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"If Necessary": Karnataka On BS Yediyurappa's Arrest Over Sex Assault Charges
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
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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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Child Sex Abuse Cases Can't Be Dismissed Based On "Compromise": High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that crimes under 'Special Statutes' like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO can't be dismissed merely based on "compromise" between the victim and the offender.
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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.
