POCSO Act

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.

A Hyderabad POCSO court has sentenced Abdul Rehman to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in 2019.

During the trial of the case, the victim changed her statement and said that she wrongly accused Mohsin Khan of raping her