Kolkata: A routine medical check-up at RG Kar Medical College blew the lid off a horrific year-long ordeal for a six-year-old girl in Lake Town, triggering a swift cross-jurisdictional police operation that ended with the arrest of her cousin brother on charges of rape on Friday afternoon.The breakthrough came when the minor, suffering from acute…
The Supreme Court has held that information given by a minor victim about sexual assault will be treated as credible, and the person receiving it will be legally bound to report it to the authorities, including the police, under the Pocso Act. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and KV Viswanathan said the phrase “has…
Bokaro: A special Pocso court on Tuesday sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his eight-year-old stepdaughter in Jan 2024.Additional district and sessions judge-III, Devesh Kumar Tripathi, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. Failure to pay the fine will result in an additional two years of imprisonment.Special public prosecutor…
A 12-year-old boy allegedly kidnapped his nine-month-old niece from beside her sleeping mother and raped her after watching pornographic content, police said in a shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The accused, who is the infant’s maternal uncle, allegedly took the child away from her home in the middle of the night and abandoned her…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kadakkal police arrested a youth under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl repeatedly over the past year. Another accused is on the run.Sachu (21) and Alan (21), both Kovoor natives, were booked under Pocso. Police took Sachu into custody on Friday night, while Alan is absconding.According…
Surat: The Dindoli police arrested a 21-year-old roadside garment vendor for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. Both had come in contact with each other on Instagram. The accused had allegedly taken the girl to Ajmer on June 14 and raped her at his house in Limbayat before leaving. Preliminary investigation suggested that the accused had…
Chennai: The state govt has been facing flak for repeated offences against women and children. On Monday, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP state president K Nainar Nagenthran condemned the sexual assault and murder of a three year old girl near Gummidipoondi on Monday.PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, AMMK…
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old man wanted for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl was shot at and arrested after the latest gunfight with police in Loni Border early on Monday.Cops were on the lookout for Siraj after the minor’s father filed a complaint on May 30 stating his daughter had been raped three months earlier, leaving her…
Surat: A special Pocso court in Vapi on Saturday sentenced a repeat child sex offender to imprisonment till his last breath, for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy, delivering one of the harshest punishments under the Act.The special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court in Vapi town of Valsad district…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to cancel the bail granted to a female teacher in connection with the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl by a staff member inside a private school in west Delhi’s Janakpuri area.Justice Saurabh Banerjee issued notice to the teacher on the police plea…
