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Rajasthan: Maulvi rapes 14-year-old girl in Alwar, pushes her into a well when family comes to mosque looking for her

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The accused Maulvi who lived in a Mosque in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan originally hails from Nuh, Haryana.
Crime

Ujjain: Mahid becomes Mohit to befriend a minor and gang-rapes her with friends, threatens with acid attack

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Ujjain police have registered a case against the accused and are investigating the case with the help of the police in Maharashtra, UP and Delhi.
Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Israel, Zulfikar, and Dilshad to be hanged till death for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2018

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The parents of the minor girl have welcomed the POCSO court decision, declaring it a victory of justice. The mother of the victim expressed her wish to see the hanging of three convicts in person.
Crime

Tripura: Communist leader Shamim Ahmed caught red-handed while trying to molest a minor girl

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SFI leader sent to jail in Tripura for allegedly trying to molest a minor girl.
News Reports

Accused over 16 years should be tried as adults under POCSO Act: Parliamentary panel raises concern over increase in sexual crimes against children

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Parliamentary panel ld by Congress MP Anand Sharma suggests reducing the age limit for trial under POCSO Act to 16 years.
News Reports

Remember Agra kidnapping case where a girl was shrouded in Burqa? Here is why she planned the abduction herself

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On Monday night, the police recovered the girl from a PG in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area. On being asked about the abduction, she claimed to have gone to Delhi to prepare for NEET examination.
Crime

Aligarh, UP: Minor Dalit girl found dead in a field, rape and murder suspected

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The minor from Aligarh had gone to collect fodder for the cattle on Sunday morning. Her body was found in a wheat field in the evening.
News Reports

Punjab: Contractor Mohammad Feroz rapes minor daughter of migrant worker for two months, victim found pregnant

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The contractor named Mohammad Firoz lives in Zhungi EDN City. The victim's family are migrant workers.
Law

Bombay High Court ‘skin-to-skin’ judgment: Trivialising Statutory Provisions safeguarding victims of sexual assault?

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The Special Court held that the appellant had committed an offence under Sections 354, 363 and 342 of the IPC as well as under Section 8 of the Act.
News Reports

Guwahati: Journalists Taufiquddin and Iqbal arrested for spreading photo of Himanta Biswa Sarma with his daughter with malicious claims

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Editor in chief, News editor of Pratibimba Live arrested for report claiming that Himanta Biswa Sarma was seen hugging an unknown woman
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