Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court recently suspended life sentence of a man convicted under POCSO Act, holding that while consent of a minor is legally irrelevant, circumstances in which the admitted adolescent relationship developed raise issues requiring consideration at the final hearing of the appeal.A division bench of Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and…
Ludhiana: Police have arrested two men, including a distant relative and a neighbour, for allegedly repeatedly raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl after her mother discovered the pregnancy following complaints of severe stomach pain.The incident came to light after the minor complained of acute abdominal pain, prompting her mother to examine her and suspect pregnancy,…
Aizawl: The fast-track court in Mizoram’s Kolasib district on Wednesday convicted a 56-year-old Vairengte resident and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 for raping a 12-year-old girl, court sources said.Court judge R Vanlalena convicted Lalramtiama under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,…
New Delhi: Days after it cancelled the bail plea of a school staffer accused of raping a minor, Delhi High Court Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to a woman teacher in the same case.Noting that Pocso cases warrant “utmost caution”, the court asked her to surrender in three days, in connection with the alleged rape…
Stuffed In Sack, Dumped In Pond When Still Alive Police and central forces have been deployed due to tension in the Suryapur market area Kolkata: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the waterbody when…
Ghaziabad: A special Pocso court on Saturday sentenced a Sahibabad man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 for aggravated penetrative sexual assault of his own daughter in 2024.Additional sessions judge Vinod Kumar-VI held the man guilty under Section 376AB of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the…
Mangaluru: Venur police have registered a case against two minors in connection with the sexual assault of a minor girl in 2023. The incident, which allegedly occurred near a dam, came to light recently, after the girl’s parents asked her about suspected abuse.According to the complaint filed on Tuesday, the girl had been taken to…
Panchkula: A man has been arrested in connection with a sexual offence involving a 14-year-old girl, allegedly lured on the pretext of marriage.According to the complaint filed by the victim’s mother, the girl — employed as a childcare helper at a Panchkula residence — went missing on June 5 and returned home later the same…
Ghaziabad: A special Pocso court sentenced a 22-year-old man to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl three years ago. The accused had lured a girl from his neighbourhood away to assault her, but was caught by her mother in the act.Additional sessions Judge Poonam-II said the accused committed aggravated penetrative sexual…
