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POCSO case can’t be quashed even after a mutual compromise is reached between victim and accused: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad HC ordered that POCSO case can't be quashed on the grounds of mutual compromise between accused and victim.
Gujarat: POCSO court sentences Azam Khan to 20 years in jail for luring away a Hindu minor girl from Mehsana and raping her in...
A special POCSO court in Mehsana in Gujarat has sentenced Azam Khan Siddiqui to 20 years in jail for luring away a 17-year-old Hindu girl from Ladol in Vijapur and raping her in Pune
Dumka murder case: Stalker Shahrukh Hussain and aide Nayeem Ansari awarded life sentences for setting 15-year-old Ankita on fire
In 2022, 15-year-old Ankita Singh, a resident of Dumka was burnt alive by two accused named Shahrukh and Naeem for refusing their advances
Surat: 42-year-old auto driver Akhtar Raza Muniyar repeatedly molests 11-year-old girl while dropping her to and from school, blames porn for it when arrested
Akhtar also threatened to burn the Surat girl alive if she told anyone about it. The girl then did not tell anyone about this out of fear.
Delhi: Shavez Alam ‘marries’ 14-year-old minor victim he raped and impregnated, later gives triple talaq
According to the minor victim, the accused had been repeatedly sexually assaulting her by intimidation and threats since 14 August 2023.
Mumbai: POCSO court sentences transgender person to death for kidnapping, raping, and killing a 3-month-old girl for not getting ‘bakshish’
A court in Mumbai sentenced a 24-year-old transgender to death for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a three-month-old girl in Cuffe Parade area of Mumbai in 2021.
Marriage of minors, incompatibility with POCSO and modern laws: Here is why Himanta govt is repealing Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorces Registration Act but...
Instead of removing provisions pertaining to the marriage of minors from the legislation, the Congress govt in 2013 increased the registration charges for such marriages from 4 annas to ₹10.
Bombay HC grants bail to man accused of raping minor on grounds that “sexual relationship between the two was out of a love affair...
The court said, "The applicant is also of a tender age of 26 years, and they come together out of a love affair. It seems that the alleged incident of sexual relationship is out of the attraction between the two young persons and it is not the case that the applicant has subjected the victim to a sexual assault out of lust."
Writing such judgments is absolutely wrong: Supreme Court criticises Calcutta HC judges after they advised adolescent girls to ‘control sexual urges’
The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.
Rahul Gandhi agrees to delete tweet revealing the identity of minor victim of alleged rape and murder after Delhi HC said it will pass...
Rahul Gandhi told the DelhiHC that he will delete a 2021 tweet where he had revealed the identity of a 9-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and murdered
