Taxi driver named Haji Muhammad has been booked under the POCSO act for sexually harassing a minor girl who hails from the Dalit community.
The Allahabad HC ordered that POCSO case can't be quashed on the grounds of mutual compromise between accused and victim.
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…
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
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.
According to the minor victim, the accused had been repeatedly sexually assaulting her by intimidation and threats since 14 August 2023.
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.
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.
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…
The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.