POCSO Act

Premiliary investigation revealed that the child could not sleep the whole night. She was not given food and was forced to eat leftovers from the dustbin. Her mouth was completely swollen, and her whole body was covered with injury marks.

Maulana Zeeshan asked the victim to fetch some water. When the girl took water to the accused, Zeeshan locked the minor girl in a room in the madrasa and raped her.

Barely four days after announcing a crackdown, the Assam police rescued a 16-year-old girl from child marriage

The Assam Govt has launched a massive crackdown on chid marriages across the state

The victim can be produced virtually before the Court (either by the IO/ Support person before the Court) (by way of Video Conferencing) or by taking assistance from the District Legal Services Authority, the court said.

In UP's Kanpur, a serial abuser named Mohammad Anas has been arrested again after he stalked his earlier victim to her school and threatened to rape and burn her with acid, just after he got bail.

Azmath Ali and Akbar Ali raped the minor Hindu girl, living in Mills colony in Warangal, Telangana, several times during the last six months

Shahadat is a resident of Garhi village under Khaira police station area of Jamui district. Police booked Shahadat Hussain under POCSO Act. 

The accused has been booked by the Police under IPC sections 376 (2) (n), 506 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) sections 5 (j) (2), 5 (l) and 6

CJI DY Chandrachud said that there is a growing concern around the age of consent under POCSO Act, and it needs to be addressed