10 years imprisonment for Saharanpur man in POCSO case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

10 years imprisonment for Saharanpur man in POCSO case

Hindustan Times  

A local court in Panchkula has sentenced a man from Saharanpur to 10 years in prison under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Following this, the police filed additional charges under Sections 363, 366-A, and 376 of the IPC, along with Section 4 of the POCSO Act, 2012. The prosecution presented strong evidence, including witness testimonies and medical reports, which led to the court’s decision to convict Khan. In his ruling, judge Lal sentenced Arif Khan to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under the POCSO Act.

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Sexual harassment of badminton players: Pocso court awards jail terms to son and father
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Sexual harassment of badminton players: Pocso court awards jail terms to son and father

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The court of special judge on Friday awarded a seven-year prison term to former working secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association Nishant Sinha and a five-year term to his father and former secretary of the UPBA Vijay Sinha in a January 2017 case related to sexual harassment of female badminton players of Babu Banarasi Das Uttar Pradesh Badminton …

Man sentenced to 25 years for raping minor stepdaughter
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Man sentenced to 25 years for raping minor stepdaughter

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam POCSO Court has sentenced Tambari Trinath, a painter from Sai Nagar Colony, Sabbavaram Mandal, to 25 years in prison along with a fine of Rs. The girl, whose father had passed away and whose mother subsequently remarried Trinath, remained silent about the abuse due to threats from her stepfather. Following the registration of the case under the …

Released in Pocso case, man repeats crime, arrested in Coimbatore
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Released in Pocso case, man repeats crime, arrested in Coimbatore

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: All-Women Police arrested a 35-year-old man under Pocso Act for second time for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The suspect, who is from Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar, married the elder sister of the victim’s mother, and lived in Tiruppur. All Women Police in Coimbatore City arrested him in May under Pocso Act. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s …

Man gets 20-year-jail for raping 6-year-old girl
1 month ago

Man gets 20-year-jail for raping 6-year-old girl

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Special Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences in Ongole has sentenced an accused to 20 years’ imprisonment and fined him ₹10,000. According to the police, Duddu Chinnabbai, 57, a resident of SC Colony at Santharavuru village in Chinaganjam mandal sexually assaulted a six-year-minor girl of the same village on March 20, 2018 after taking her to a secluded …

UP: Man sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping 7-year-old girl
1 month ago

UP: Man sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping 7-year-old girl

Deccan Chronicle  

Bahraich: A POCSO court here has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 53,000 on him, for raping a seven-year-old girl, police said on Tuesday.On September 30, 2021, the girl's father lodged a complaint under Motipur police against Islam, Superintendent of Police Vrinda Shukla said. The officer said that after registering …

Brutal Raping Case in Jalaun: Life Sentence for 60-Year-Old Accused
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Brutal Raping Case in Jalaun: Life Sentence for 60-Year-Old Accused

Hindustan Times  

A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a 6-year-old girl in Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The verdict was delivered by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) court judge, Mohammad Quamar, following a swift trial that concluded in just three months.

Coimbatore man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on minor girl
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Coimbatore man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on minor girl

The Hindu  

The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Coimbatore, on Monday sentenced a man to undergo 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2021. Special court judge G. Kulasekaran awarded the punishment to V. Palanisamy, 45, alias Kannan, a resident of a village near Kaduvettipalayam …

Erode man gets 10 years of imprisonment for rape
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Erode man gets 10 years of imprisonment for rape

The Hindu  

The Mahila court in Coimbatore sentenced a man to undergo 10 years of imprisonment for raping a woman in Coimbatore in 2020. Mahila court judge R. Nandhinidevi awarded the punishment to Sibiraj, 34, who hails from Erode district, on Thursday. The police said that Sibiraj, an IT employee by profession, befriended a woman from a place near Thudiyalur in 2020 …

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A special POCSO court at Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh awarded death sentence to the prime accused and 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two others in a 2022 case of alleged rape and molestation of 21 minor students. ‘Shocked’ that a Special Court in Arunachal granted bail to the prime accused, the Gauhati High Court had in July last …

Man gets 20 years jail for raping minor in Uttar Pradesh
3 months ago

Man gets 20 years jail for raping minor in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

A POCSO court here sentenced a 22-year-old man to 20 years in prison for raping a minor girl, a government lawyer said on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Additional District Government Counsel Shubham Mishra said that on Wednesday, Special Judge of the POCSO Court Kumar Mayank also fined the accused ₹28,000. Citing the father's complaint, Mr. Mishra said the incident had …

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC
3 months ago

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Hindu  

Juvenile accused are being treated “rather too leniently” in the country and the legislature has still not learnt any lessons from the “horrors of Nirbhaya”, the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed while refusing to grant any relief to a rape convict, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. “This court is …

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court
3 months, 1 week ago

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Live Law  

While upholding the conviction of a juvenile for rape of a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court lamented the "lenient" laws in the country so far as juvenile offenders are concerned. Justice Subodh Abhyankar sitting at Indore observed, “Court is once again at pains to observe that juveniles in this country are being treated rather too leniently, and that …

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
3 months, 1 week ago

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Shamrao Chikkanagaon, a resident of Kamalapur taluk in Kalaburagi district, to 30 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per details provided by Shanthaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused on January 5, 2023, sexually abused the minor with a promise of marriage and threatened to …

Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for abducting, raping minor
3 months, 1 week ago

Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for abducting, raping minor

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a city court after he was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a minor girl, police said on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a city court after he was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a minor girl, police said on Saturday. On …

Coimbatore man gets five years RI for sexual assault on minor girl
3 months, 1 week ago

Coimbatore man gets five years RI for sexual assault on minor girl

The Hindu  

The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the POCSO Act, Coimbatore, on Thursday sentenced a man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 2022. The police said that the man sexually assaulted the minor girl, who used to come to his house to play with his grandson, between August 5 and …

Greater Noida man given 20 years in jail for 2019 rape of minor
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Greater Noida man given 20 years in jail for 2019 rape of minor

Hindustan Times  

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Surajpur in July 2019 by a POCSO court in Greater Noida, officials said on Saturday. “According to the victim’s mother’s complaint filed on July 21, 2019 at Surajpur police station, she had gone out to buy medicine and her husband, a construction worker, was …

West Bengal: POCSO court awards death penalty to Md Abbas for rape and murder of minor schoolgirl
3 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal: POCSO court awards death penalty to Md Abbas for rape and murder of minor schoolgirl

Op India  

A special POCSO court in West Bengal’s Siliguri on 7 September sentenced one Md Abbas to death for rape and murder of a minor girl last year. The convict has been awarded the death sentence under two sections, section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of the POCSO Act. Abbas for resisting the sexual advances made by… …

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping minor
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping minor

The Hindu  

A special court in Mysuru has sentenced a resident of Maliyuru village in Bannur police station limits to 30 years in prison for raping a five-year-old girl. The mother of the victim had lodged a complaint with the police that Suresh, a resident of the village, had lured her daughter out of their house by promising her a mango when …

Delhi court sentences man to 12-year jail in minor’s sexual assault case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court sentences man to 12-year jail in minor’s sexual assault case

The Hindu  

A New Delhi Court has sentenced a man to 12 years of imprisonment for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in 2020. It also awarded ₹7.5 lakh as compensation to the victim, saying the purpose of the criminal justice system is not only to attain catharsis by handing down proportional punishment but also to rehabilitate the victim. “In the …

1992 Ajmer sex scandal: POCSO court awards life sentences to six persons
4 months ago

1992 Ajmer sex scandal: POCSO court awards life sentences to six persons

The Hindu  

A special court on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in Ajmer on Tuesday awarded life sentences to six persons in the sensational sex scandal of 1992. The trial for the six convicts, for whom the judgment came on Tuesday, was conducted separately because the investigation against them was kept pending at the time of filing of the …

Vizianagaram: Man gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Vizianagaram: Man gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Vizianagaram special court for POCSO cases has sentenced Padagasai Manoj Kumar to 20-years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,500 for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The case dates back to 2020, when the victim, a B. Pharmacy student residing in Bhogapuram mandal, filed a complaint at the Bhogapuram police station. Following the complaint, then DSPs …

26-year-old man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of PU student, extortion
4 months, 2 weeks ago

26-year-old man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of PU student, extortion

The Hindu  

Udupi Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court, Srinivasa Suvarna, sentenced 26-year-old Sachin Poojary to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a PU student and extorting money and jewellery from her by threatening to release the latter’s obscene photos on social media. On August 3, the judge sentenced Sachin to 20 years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine …

Pocso case: Delhi court says punishment must correspond to offence
5 months ago

Pocso case: Delhi court says punishment must correspond to offence

Hindustan Times  

The punishment awarded to a convict should be commensurate with the gravity of offence in order to serve as an effective deterrent to like-minded people, a Delhi court said while sentencing a man for raping a minor girl in 2019. Additional sessions judge Susheel Bala Dagar sentenced Ashraf Rain to life imprisonment under section 6 of the Prevention of Children …

Telangana: Man Gets 20 years RI for Sexual Assault of a Minor
5 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Man Gets 20 years RI for Sexual Assault of a Minor

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Medchal district POCSO Court has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of `three lakh for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in 2017. Two fire mishaps in Rachakonda limits, no casualties :Two fire mishaps were reported at separate locations within the Rachakonda commissionerate limits late on Tuesday night. In the second incident …

Uttar Pradesh: Court sentences man to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for raping minor in Maharajganj
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: Court sentences man to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for raping minor in Maharajganj

India TV News  

A man has been sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment by a court for raping a five-year-old Dalit girl here in 2017. Special Judge, Vinay Kumar Singh on Saturday convicted Pritam Gupta for raping the girl in Gugli police station area of the district, Special Public Prosecutor Vinod Kumar Singh said on Sunday. The survivor's father had filed a complaint after …

Rapist nailed by cognitively challenged, speech-impaired girl; gets life sentence
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rapist nailed by cognitively challenged, speech-impaired girl; gets life sentence

Deccan Chronicle  

Palghar: The deposition by an intellectually challenged 16-year-old girl, who also cannot speak, using sign language led to the conviction of her rapist in Maharashtra's Palghar district. During the trial, Special Public Prosecutor Jayprakash Patil told the court that Gaud raped the girl, who lived in his neighbourhood, in January 2017 when there was nobody in her house. Patil said …

Karnataka HC reduces life sentence in POCSO case; cites lack of justification
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka HC reduces life sentence in POCSO case; cites lack of justification

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru, The Karnataka High Court has reduced the sentence of an accused in a POCSO Act case from life imprisonment to 10 years, emphasising the need for valid reasons when imposing the maximum penalty. Section 6 of the POCSO Act allowed for a minimum sentence of 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment The case involved the …

21-Year-Old Sentenced to 2 Years for Kidnapping Minor in Vijayawada
7 months ago

21-Year-Old Sentenced to 2 Years for Kidnapping Minor in Vijayawada

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: A special Pocso court in Vijayawada on Monday sentenced a 21-year-old man to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. Justice Tirumala Venkateswarulu, chairman of the Vijayawada Cooperative Tribunal and in-charge judge for the Pocso court, pronounced the judgment against Katta Abhinay. The case originated on August 10, 2022, when the victim's parents filed a complaint …

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested

India Today  

A 19-year-old man was arrested on charges of raping a minor girl for months and impregnating her in Karnataka's Hubballi. According to the police, the accused allegedly raped the 17-year-old girl several times between January 1, this year, until May 3. "Acting on the complaint, we registered a case and arrested the accused and are ensuring all further police action …

POCSO case: Autorickshaw driver gets 20 yrs RI for raping 8-year-old girl
8 months, 2 weeks ago

POCSO case: Autorickshaw driver gets 20 yrs RI for raping 8-year-old girl

The Hindu  

The Second fast-track special court on Tuesday, April 2, sentenced an autorickshaw driver to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping 8-year-old girl from his neighbourhood in January 2022. The convict identified as S. Anil Kumar, 38, a resident of Laggere in Nandini Layout who is presently lodged in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison has also been slapped with a fine …

Man gets seven years jail under POCSO Act
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Man gets seven years jail under POCSO Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Bilaspur, Mar 26 Special Judge Kanwar Chirag Singh on Tuesday sentenced one Salim Hussain, a resident of Himachal's Bilaspur district, to sever years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor daughter, officials on Tuesday said. He was convicted and sentenced to undergo seven years imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs 50,000. The accused had raped his daughter when her …

SP leader Azam Khan sentenced to seven-year jail in Dungarpur case
9 months ago

SP leader Azam Khan sentenced to seven-year jail in Dungarpur case

Op India  

On Monday, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was sentenced to seven years in jail in the Dungarpur case under IPC Sections 427, 504, 506, 447, and 120B. Other than Azam Khan, the court convicted contractor Barkat Ali, retired CEO Ale Hasan, and former mayor Azhar Ahmad Khan in the case. Notably, SP leader Azam Khan’s Rampur Public School was operating …

[POCSO Act] Kerala HC Upholds Conviction Of Father Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Life-Sentence Imposed By Trial Court Not Disproportionate
9 months, 1 week ago

[POCSO Act] Kerala HC Upholds Conviction Of Father Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Life-Sentence Imposed By Trial Court Not Disproportionate

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court in a recent POCSO matter rejected the appeal of an accused who was convicted for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his nine-year-old daughter. The Court also rejected the argument of the accused that the sentence imposed of 5 years under the POCSO Act, and 1 year under the IPC, was disproportionate to the gravity of …

Rajasthan: Naseem Khan gets life sentence for unnatural sex with minor boy
9 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan: Naseem Khan gets life sentence for unnatural sex with minor boy

Op India  

On 13th March, a special court in Rajasthan’s Kota sentenced a Muslim cleric to life imprisonment for unnatural sex with a 10-year-old boy in a mosque. The uncle of the victim filed a complaint at the Budhadeet Police Station which stated that the 5th grade student had gone to the mosque at three o’clock to read Arabic and receive religious …

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: A Kerala court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old man to a cumulative 51 years imprisonment for the rape of his then 17-year-old stepdaughter in 2018 at their residence in Munnar here. Devikulam Fast Track Special Court judge Sirajudheen P A sentenced the accused to varying jail terms for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences …

Former KSRTC bus conductor sentenced to two years in jail for sexual harassment
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Former KSRTC bus conductor sentenced to two years in jail for sexual harassment

The Hindu  

Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court-1, Mangaluru, Manjula Itty, on Friday sentenced Davalsab Tahasildar, 34, a former conductor of KSRTC bus, to two years in jail on finding him guilty of sexual harassment of a minor in 2023. The judge sentenced Tahasildar to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹15,000 for the offence …

Chamarajanagar court sentences man to 20 years RI for rape of minor
10 months ago

Chamarajanagar court sentences man to 20 years RI for rape of minor

The Hindu  

The special POCSO judge in Chamarajanagar has sentenced a man to 20 years in rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor. An investigation had confirmed that he raped the girl, said a statement issued by K. Yogesh, Special Public Prosecutor in the Additional District and Sessions Fast Track Special Court 1, which is also the Special POCSO court, Chamarajanagar. On February …

28-year-old gets death penalty for rape, murder of toddler in 2018 in Gurugram
10 months ago

28-year-old gets death penalty for rape, murder of toddler in 2018 in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

A 28-year-old man was given the death penalty by a sessions court on Wednesday for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl after abducting her when she was stepping out of a ‘bhandara’ organised near a temple in Sector-66 five years ago. Sunil, who belongs to UP’s Mahoba, is facing trials in two more cases of rape and murder of minor …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background
10 months, 1 week ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a man convicted for raping his own minor daughter, considering that he belonged to a marginalised part of the society.A division bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "No doubt that the act as such is horrific and there can be no sympathy shown …

Ludhiana: Man gets 20-year RI for raping 11-year-old niece
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Man gets 20-year RI for raping 11-year-old niece

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional sessions judge Amar Jeet Singh, convicted a petrol pump employee for raping his 11-year-old niece on Monday. The court awarded him 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under section 6 read of the POCSO Act in a 2022 rape case. The Division number 7 police had lodged an FIR against the convict, a resident of Haibowal, on …

Victim's Age Not Proved, POCSO Offence Not Established: Madras HC Sets Aside Man's Conviction For Allegedly Raping Neighbour On False Promise To Marry
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Victim's Age Not Proved, POCSO Offence Not Established: Madras HC Sets Aside Man's Conviction For Allegedly Raping Neighbour On False Promise To Marry

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction and sentence imposed on a man accused of allegedly committing sexual assault on his neighbour on the false promise to marry. Justice KK Ramakrishnan observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the age of the victim girl to constitute an offence under the Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences Act. …

20-year jail for teen who raped 4-year-old girl in Chandigarh
11 months ago

20-year jail for teen who raped 4-year-old girl in Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

Stating that the accused had shown his wicked and evil mind by subjecting a child of tender age of four years to aggravated penetrative sexual assault, a special POCSO court on Friday awarded a teenager a 20-year jail sentence. Stating that the convict is liable to be punished sternly, the court convicted him under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, …

26-year-old convicted of raping a 4-year-old girl, gets 20 years’ in jail
11 months ago

26-year-old convicted of raping a 4-year-old girl, gets 20 years’ in jail

Hindustan Times  

A Pocso court in Greater Noida on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 20 years’ rigourous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for raping a four-year-old girl in 2019, prosecution officials said. It said the accused has not only committed a social crime of extremely heinous nature with the minor victim, but has also committed a crime which brings …

Man gets 20 years for assaulting minor
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Man gets 20 years for assaulting minor

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: In a decisive step towards upholding justice, the Guntur Special Pocso Court has sentenced 32-year-old Koteswara Rao to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for assaulting a minor girl. Judge of the Special Pocso Court, along with a dedicated trial monitoring team overseen by Guntur district SP Arif Hafiz, meticulously pursued the case. They were aided by the instrumental efforts …

Chandigarh: 60-year-old jailed for 12 years for raping mentally disabled girl
1 year ago

Chandigarh: 60-year-old jailed for 12 years for raping mentally disabled girl

Hindustan Times  

Completing trial in eight months, a special fast-track POCSO court has awarded 12-year rigorous imprisonment to a 60-year-old man for raping a mentally disabled, hearing and speech impaired girl in March this year. Bablu Mandal was convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also fined ₹ 20,000. Bablu Mandal was convicted under Section 376 of the Indian …

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 year ago

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Jagannath Karani, a resident of Muganur village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district, to 20 year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per the details provided by Shanthaveer Tuppad, Public Prosecutor in the case, the convict had lured the girl in with a promise of marriage and had …

POCSO Act | Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Convict's Life Sentence Based On Solely Testimony Of 13-Yr Old Victim
1 year ago

POCSO Act | Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Convict's Life Sentence Based On Solely Testimony Of 13-Yr Old Victim

Live Law  

Basing the proof of charge on solitary, unblemished testimony of the victim, the Punjab & Haryana High Court upheld conviction and life imprisonment of a man for committing rape upon a 13-year old girl in Haryana. The Division Bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Kuldeep Tiwari rejected the contention that testimony of the victim lost credibility because her mother …

Pocso court disposes of 20 cases in 2 months, convicts 8 accused
1 year ago

Pocso court disposes of 20 cases in 2 months, convicts 8 accused

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: In a remarkable display of efficiency and commitment to justice, the special court for Pocso cases in Vizianagaram district has disposed of 20 cases in a span of just two months. The court has also convicted eight accused persons, sending a strong message to those who perpetrate crimes against minor girls. The court's swift action has been lauded by …

Accused in Pocso Case Sentenced to 20 Years Rigorous Imprisonment
1 year, 1 month ago

Accused in Pocso Case Sentenced to 20 Years Rigorous Imprisonment

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: In a resounding verdict that upholds the sanctity of childhood, a special Pocso court in Visakhapatnam has sentenced Polipalli Durga Rao, 22, of Polipalli village in Bhogapuram mandal, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 4-year-old girl in 2020. The case against Durga Rao was registered at Disha Mahila Police Station in Vizianagaram district following a complaint …

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