POCSO Act

In a significant judgment reinforcing the primacy of child protection statutes, the Allahabad High Court has held that Muslim personal law or Sharia cannot...

Haryana’s BJP government has taken strict action against retired doctor Shailendra Kumar in a minor's sexual assault case, reducing his pension from Rs 1.14 lakh to Rs 14,000.

Police say Umar fed the child narcotics mixed in food and raped her repeatedly over two days.

The court rejected the contention of the accused that the victim's family falsely implicated him, as he belonged to a different sect of Muslims.

Hindu organisations reached the police station late in the evening and created a ruckus, demanding the arrest of the accused. Following this, the Sahaswan Police registered an FIR after 8:30 pm and began searching for the accused. On Tuesday (16th June), the Badaun Police arrested Faizi from the dirt road leading to the village Zahidpur Alampur.

The police revealed that she is already a prime accused in three other POCSO cases registered at the Taliparamba police station.

Article 142 gives the Supreme Court the authority to pass any order necessary to ensure "complete justice" in a case.

Police in Lucknow's Thakurganj arrested 60-year-old Mohammad Shakeel for allegedly assaulting a seven-year-old girl after luring her with biscuits.

"This was a blind case. We cracked it using scientific evidence and the DNA match became the clinching proof," a top cop stated.

A special POCSO court in UP’s Hamirpur has sentenced Maulana Muntazir Alam to life imprisonment till death for raping an 11-year-old girl inside a mosque in 2023.