POCSO Act

Delhi Police arrested a 53-year-old man for raping deceased friend's minor daughter multiple times.

CSP Chouhan said, “The accused Rakesh Verma took the girl with him by caressing her from the Jagatdev Talab area in the district at around 5 pm on Wednesday. When we came to know about the matter, we searched for the minor and found that the accused had raped her.”

Bombay High Court denied permission to abort 24-week pregnancy of a 17-year-old girl

Calling it a "rarest of rare" case, a special POCSO Court in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, awarded death sentence to Mohammed Faheem for raping and killing a four-year-old girl child

Yumken Bagra, a warden of a residential school in Karo village in Arunachal Pradesh had raped and molested 21 children, aged between 5 to 12 years in the hostels of the school between 2019 and 2022

According to the police official, instead of playing the role of a father, that person (stepfather) has committed sexual assault on both girls.

Bombay High Court said that time has come to lower the age of consent for minors to engage in consensual sexual relationships.

Police stated that it has been alleged that the girl was raped by one Salman. Both the complainant and the accused knew each other. They both work in the same factory.

As the victim was sexually abused since she was a minor, Joshua was booked under the POCSO Act. On learning about the Police complaint, pastor Joshua tried to flee the area but was arrested by the Police.

"The Kochi special POCSO court sentenced Monson Mavunkal to life imprisonment until the remainder of his natural life in two sections under the IPC. Sections 376(2)(n) and 376(2)(f)," said the prosecutor.