POCSO Act

On 22nd July, Kerala High Court quashed a POCSO case against an accused as the accused and the victim had got married

In 2019, the victim's father had registered an FIR against Dawood Sheikh for molesting her daughter.

Media reports suggest that on the day of the incident, hafiz Dilnawaz was watching porn on his mobile phone.

One of the suspects identified as 30-year-old Mirza Sarfaraz, resident of Baland Farvez Colony, has been detained by the police for interrogation. The victim's mother alleged that a group of five to seven men visited her house and abducted the victim several times in the last eight months and raped her.

After committing the heinous act inside Madrassa, he threatened the victim that he would kill him if he told anyone about his acts.

Mukul and the 15-year-old arrested in the case were neighbours. The girl's father and Mukul's father work in the Railways.

Organiser journalist Subhi Vishwakarma went to the village where the family of the accused and the victim stayed. She talked exclusively to relatives of accused Imran who tried to blame the victim, calling her 'characterless'.

The police have filed an FIR under sections 376 and 376(3) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sections 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012. Also sections 3(1)(w)(i) and 3(1)(w)(ii) of the SC/ST Act, 1989 have been imposed against the accused.

Aqdas gagged the girl and forcefully hugged her from behind before brutally raping her. Following that, he dragged the girl into the mosque's restroom where he further raped her.

Qamar Ansari has run the bakery for a very long time. On 30th April, a 9-year-old minor girl came to his shop to buy milk. Reportedly, Ansari lured her in the name of giving her a chocolate. He took her inside the shop where she was raped.