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Bihar: POCSO court completes trial in 4 days, gives death penalty to Mohammad Major for raping a 6-year-old Dalit girl in Araria

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The Bihar POCSO Court completed the trail in 4 days and awarded death penalty to accused Mohammad Major (48) on Thursday for raping a 6-year-old girl in Araria in December.
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Hyderabad: Syed Altaf Ali arrested for trying to buy a minor girl; victim’s mother and grandmother arrested for selling her

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The accused are booked under sections 370, 370 (A) r/w 511, Section 17 of the POCSO Act and Section 3 and 5 of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (PITA).
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Gujarat: Father sexually abuses his own 12-year-old daughter in Devbhoomi Dwarka, forces her to do nikah

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As per the report, the man had spoken about doing marriage to his minor daughter in the past too. He had reportedly also molested her on occasions.
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Bihar: Minor Hindu girl missing for 10 days, kidnapping accused Shahbaz has shared ‘marriage’ photo on social media

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The victim’s brother accused their neighbour Munia Khatoon of involvement in the abduction of his sister. He added that Munia Khatoon has a previous record of trafficking girls.
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SC collegium refuses to elevate Bombay HC judge as permanent judge for her insensitive ‘skin-to-skin contact’ verdict, to revert as district judge

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Bombay HC judge, who had ruled groping breast without removing cloths is not sexual assault, not elevated as permanent judge
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Kerala HC reduces jail term for rapist Christian priest who had got a minor girl pregnant and made her own father take the blame

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The trial court had sentenced Robin Mathew Vadakkumchery to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in February 2019. He was also fined ₹2 lacs.
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Gujarat: Hussain Vohra disguises as Hindu man, accused of raping a 14-year-old Hindu girl

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Hussain Vohra presented himself as Hindu and befriended a Hindu minor girl. Later he raped her repeatedly over the year.
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Andhra Pradesh: NCPCR’s intervention leads to Pastor’s arrest for sexually harassing minor SC girls in Church

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Andra Pastor booked under POCSO Act for allegedly sexually harassing two minor girls inside Church premises.
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Maharashtra: Minor girl gang-raped by 400 men including a Policeman over a period of six months, 3 arrested

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The repeated sexual assault on the minor girl left her pregnant. The Child Welfare Committee is in the process to abort the foetus. So far, the Police has arrested four people. Further investigation is underway.
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Tamil Nadu: 17-year-old girl dies by suicide after teacher sexually abused her and principal allegedly tried to cover it up

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Physics teacher arrested for sexual assault on 17-year-old student in Coimbatore after she committed suicide, principal booked
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