Tag: POCSO

City gets first police station only for women, POCSO cases

June 19, 2026 admin

Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday opened Delhi’s first police station dedicated exclusively to investigating crimes against women and children. The station in Subzi Mandi will handle all cases related to crimes against women and children reported in the North district, including domestic violence, dowry harassment, sexual assault, molestation, stalking, harassment and rape. The police…

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Women’s group seeks cancellation of bail against accused in POCSO case involving minor school girls

February 28, 2026 admin

Members of Voice of Women’s Kalaburagi and other concerned citizens on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner and the Police Commissioner of Kalaburagi, seeking strict action and cancellation of bail in a POCSO case involving minor girls of a private school in the city. In the memorandum, copies of which were also marked…

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“Physical Relations” Can’t Automatically Mean Sexual Assault: High Court

December 29, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase “physical relations” by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma allowed the appeal by the accused, who was given imprisonment for the rest of…

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Rajasthan Teacher Arrested For Harassing, Showing Obscene Videos To Girls

September 30, 2024 admin

He has been sent to judicial custody for 15 days. (Representational) Jaipur: A government teacher has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Tonk for allegedly molesting and showing obscene videos to the girls of class 5, police said on Monday. The education department has suspended the accused teacher, they said. Laiq Ahmed Qureshi, a teacher working in…

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Man Arrested After Allegedly Raping Teen Student In Maharashtra: Cops

August 13, 2024 admin

The accused, identified as Amit Dubey (30), was arrested. (Representational) Palghar: Police have arrested a school teacher for allegedly raping a 14-year-old student on several occasions at his private tuition in Nalasopara of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday. Angry parents and relatives of the girl along with several others held a protest…

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Transgender Sentenced To Death For Raping, Killing 3-Month-Old Girl In Mumbai

February 27, 2024 admin

Court held that his motive was to create terror in the neighbourhood. (Representational) Mumbai: Terming the act as “barbaric and inhuman”, a court in Mumbai on Tuesday awarded a death sentence to a transgender person for raping and murdering a three-month-old girl. Society’s fabric gets damaged beyond repair due to such crimes, observed Aditee Kadam,…

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