Touching Child's Private Parts With Sexual Intent Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act, Absence Of Injury Not Relevant: Bombay High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Touching Child's Private Parts With Sexual Intent Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act, Absence Of Injury Not Relevant: Bombay High Court

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Merely touching the private parts of a child with sexual intent is enough for it to be construed as sexual assault under section 7 of the POCSO Act and a medical certificate demonstrating an injury is not mandatory, the Bombay High Court has held. "The absence of injury mentioned in the medical certificate will not make any difference to her case because the very nature of the offence of sexual assault defined under Section 7 of the POCSO Act mentions that even touching private part with sexual intent is sufficient to attract the provisions of Section 7 read with Section 8 of the POCSO Act." In November 2017, the special POCSO held him guilty for offences punishable under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code and section 8 of the POCSO Act. Moreover, sexual assault as described under section 7 of the POCSO Act was made out as sexual intent was proved even in absence of injuries as medical evidence.

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Grabbing minor's breasts, breaking pyjama's string not attempt to rape: Allahabad High Court
15 hours, 58 minutes ago

Grabbing minor's breasts, breaking pyjama's string not attempt to rape: Allahabad High Court

India TV News  

Grabbing minor's breasts, breaking pyjama's string not attempt to rape: Allahabad High Court The Allahabad High Court was hearing a case of an 11-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by two men in Uttar Pradesh in 2021. Grabbing a minor girl's breasts, breaking her pyjama strings and trying to drag her beneath the culvert does not constitute rape or an …

Thane court sentences man to 20 years RI for sexually assault of 6-year-old girl
2 days, 9 hours ago

Thane court sentences man to 20 years RI for sexually assault of 6-year-old girl

Hindustan Times  

Thane, A special court in Maharashtra's Thane district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault of a six-year-old girl. Thane court sentences man to 20 years RI for sexually assault of 6-year-old girl Special judge D S Deshmukh found the 38-year-old accused, a resident of Bhayandar, guilty of charges under sections 376 and 376 …

Migrant worker booked under POCSO Act for sexual assault of minor in Erode district
1 week, 4 days ago

Migrant worker booked under POCSO Act for sexual assault of minor in Erode district

The Hindu  

A 22-year-old migrant worker from Bihar has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in Erode district. According to the police, the accused, Chandra Kishore Kumar, hails from Singeshwar in Madhepura district, Bihar. The company houses several migrant workers from northern states, many of whom reside with their families. Upon …

Pressing minor’s lips not always Pocso offence: Delhi HC
1 week, 5 days ago

Pressing minor’s lips not always Pocso offence: Delhi HC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has held that pressing the lips of a minor or lying close to her may constitute an offence of outraging modesty under the Indian Penal Code, but does not necessarily amount to aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act unless accompanied by overt sexual intent. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, …

Pressing, touching minor’s lips without sexual advances not ‘aggravated sexual assault’: Delhi High Court
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1 week, 5 days ago

Pressing, touching minor’s lips without sexual advances not ‘aggravated sexual assault’: Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has said in the absence of sexually motivated advances, touching and pressing the minor girl’s lips and sleeping next to her cannot attract prosecution for “aggravated sexual assault” under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed the acts might violate her dignity and outrage her modesty but without “overt or …

[POCSO Act] Lying Very Close To Minor Victim Amounts To 'Outraging Modesty' But Not 'Aggravated Sexual Assault' If No Overt Sexual Intent: Delhi HC
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1 week, 6 days ago

[POCSO Act] Lying Very Close To Minor Victim Amounts To 'Outraging Modesty' But Not 'Aggravated Sexual Assault' If No Overt Sexual Intent: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has held that pressing lips of a minor victim and lying very close to her may amount to offence of outraging her modesty under Indian Penal Code but the same may not amount to offence of aggravated sexual assault under POCSO Act if overt sexual intent is absent. “The act of touching and pressing lips or …

Complaint By Men Against Women Not Gospel Truth: Kerala HC Grants Bail To Mother Accused Of Sexually Abusing Breast-Feeding Daughter
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Complaint By Men Against Women Not Gospel Truth: Kerala HC Grants Bail To Mother Accused Of Sexually Abusing Breast-Feeding Daughter

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The Kerala High Court recently allowed the bail application of a woman who was accused by her husband of committing aggravated sexual assault on their one-and-half-year old daughter. “In the order dated 24.02.2025, in B.A No.2241 of 2025, this Court observed that, there cannot be any unilateral investigation based on the complaint of a lady, treating it as gospel truth. …

Schoolgirl assaulted by two minors in Bengaluru, Pocso case under investigation
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Schoolgirl assaulted by two minors in Bengaluru, Pocso case under investigation

India Today  

A young schoolgirl was sexually assaulted by two minor boys while she was returning home from school in Anekal Taluk in Karnataka’s Bengaluru Rural district. Recently, a constable from Bengaluru’s Bommanahalli police station was arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl. She had earlier approached the police earlier to file a sexual assault case against another boy, reportedly her boyfriend. The …

Pocso case registered over alleged sexual abuse of minor girl by minor brother in Kerala
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Pocso case registered over alleged sexual abuse of minor girl by minor brother in Kerala

The Hindu  

The Palarivattom police in Kerala on Tuesday registered a case under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act for alleged sexual abuse of a minor girl by her minor brother. The alleged incident took place at the house of the children and came to light through the child helpline on Monday. Though there were reports that linked the alleged …

Delhi: POCSO case registered against teacher for allegedly raping minor girl in CR Park area
3 weeks ago

Delhi: POCSO case registered against teacher for allegedly raping minor girl in CR Park area

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Delhi: POCSO case registered against teacher for allegedly raping minor girl in CR Park area According to the victim, the teacher had threatened and blackmailed her. In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped multiple times by her tuition teacher in south Delhi. Further, she alleged that the accused mentally harassed and raped her multiple times in the …

POCSO Act: All India Annual Digest 2024
3 weeks, 1 day ago

POCSO Act: All India Annual Digest 2024

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Sections 4, 6, 29 and 30 - Presumption under the POCSO Act – Applicability and Conviction - Sentence Modification - Socio-Economic Considerations - Parole Denial - The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Sections 302, 364, and 377 of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act for the aggravated penetrative sexual assault and murder …

Vaginal entry of penis not needed for rape under Pocso: Kerala High Court
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Vaginal entry of penis not needed for rape under Pocso: Kerala High Court

India Today  

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that the entry of a penis into the vagina is not essential to constitute penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. "In other words, penetration of the male genital organ within the labia majora or the vulva, with or without any emission of semen or even an attempt at …

Man gets 35 years jail term for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 month, 1 week ago

Man gets 35 years jail term for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 35 years in jail and imposed a fine of ₹29,000 on him for raping a minor girl. As per information provided by Public Prosecutor Shantaveer Tuppad, accused Adarsha Chinde sexually assaulted the girl aged 14 and nine months in May 2023 after promising to marry her. …

Often False POCSO Case Launched Against Spouse To Avoid Handing Over Minor Child's Custody: Kerala High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Often False POCSO Case Launched Against Spouse To Avoid Handing Over Minor Child's Custody: Kerala High Court

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Kerala High Court while quashing a POCSO case filed by the mother on behalf of her child against her divorced husband observed that there are instances where one spouse uses their minor child to file false POCSO case against the other, to win custody cases. “In cases when the husband and wife are in loggerheads and one among them sues …

Thane court acquits man in 2018 sexual assault case due to weak prosecution
1 month, 1 week ago

Thane court acquits man in 2018 sexual assault case due to weak prosecution

Hindustan Times  

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2018, reprimanding the prosecution for a "half-hearted" investigation. A judge in Maharashtra's Thane district acquitted a man accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old child in 2018, criticising the prosecution for conducting a "half-hearted" probe. The court of special judge P R Ashturkar, …

Parents of Walayar girls to be tried for committing heinous offences
1 month, 1 week ago

Parents of Walayar girls to be tried for committing heinous offences

The Hindu  

The parents of two minor girls who were found dead in Walayar will be prosecuted for all the offences alleged to have been committed by the prime accused, including aggravated form of rape, unnatural sex, sexual assault on a child and penetrative sex, besides other specific charges levelled against them. Other charges The other charges slapped against the parents include …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: POCSO Act
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: POCSO Act

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Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 Sections 4, 6, 29 and 30 - Presumption under the POCSO Act – Applicability and Conviction - Sentence Modification - Socio-Economic Considerations - Parole Denial - The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Sections 302, 364, and 377 of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act …

Madras HC acquits Pocso convict for lack of corroborative evidence
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC acquits Pocso convict for lack of corroborative evidence

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court acquitted a man who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in a Pocso case for sexual assault of a minor girl. Finding that the prosecution’s case against the convict was weakened by contradictions and lacked substantiated evidence, Justice M Nirmal Kumar set aside the conviction and sentence and ordered the man to be set …

Mangaluru court sentences man to 20 years RI for raping, impregnating minor
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mangaluru court sentences man to 20 years RI for raping, impregnating minor

The Hindu  

An Additional District and Sessions-cum-Fast Track Court in Mangaluru on Tuesday, sentenced a 43-year-old man from Dharmasthala to 20 years rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of repeatedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. The judge directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay ₹6.45 lakh compensation to the victim girl under the victim compensation scheme. Leading the prosecution initiated …

Court sentences man to 20 years rigorous RI in POCSO case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Court sentences man to 20 years rigorous RI in POCSO case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A special court for POCSO Act cases sentenced a 32-year-old person to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl at his house in Secunderabad in November 2023. Special Sessions Judge for POCSO Act cases, B. Pushpalatha, held the accused guilty for the offence punishable under Section 5 read with Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 376-AB …

Sexual assault of children by trusted persons frequent: Delhi HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sexual assault of children by trusted persons frequent: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting his minor neighbour and said sexual assault among children by trusted persons was frequent. Sexual assault of children by trusted persons frequent: Delhi HC Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while denying bail to the man accused of sexual harassment and aggravated sexual …

Minor’s sexual-assault case: Supreme Court refuses bail to wife of suspended Delhi govt officer Khakha
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Minor’s sexual-assault case: Supreme Court refuses bail to wife of suspended Delhi govt officer Khakha

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to the wife of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor several times and impregnated her. The Delhi High Court on September 6 had dismissed the bail application of Seema Rani Khakha, saying the case “strikes at the root of trust between two families” and the possibility …

Child Sexual Abuse Cases Within Families Raise Serious Concerns
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Child Sexual Abuse Cases Within Families Raise Serious Concerns

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Child sexual abuse within families remains a serious concern despite stringent punishments under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. "Half of the Pocso cases involve family members, mainly fathers or uncles," additional public prosecutor Ram Reddy told Deccan Chronicle. Meanwhile, Dr. Manchala Hrishikesh Giri Prasad, associate professor, department of child psychiatry, Niloufer Hospital, while speaking about the …

Reporter TV's Consulting Editor Arun Kumar K, Sub-Editor Approach Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In POCSO Case
2 months ago

Reporter TV's Consulting Editor Arun Kumar K, Sub-Editor Approach Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In POCSO Case

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Malayalam news channel Reporter TV's consulting editor Arun Kumar K and Sub-editor Shabas Ahammed S have approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a POCSO case, lodged for allegedly sexually harassing a child. Reportedly, the editors had a conversation between themselves during the Kalolsavam where Arun Kumar pointing towards the manavatti of one of the oppana team and …

POCSO charges pressed against three reporters of top Malayalam news channel
2 months ago

POCSO charges pressed against three reporters of top Malayalam news channel

Hindustan Times  

A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been filed against a senior editor and two reporters of a leading Malayalam news channel on Wednesday in connection with their coverage of the recent state school festival, news agency PTI reported, citing police. Sexual abuse of children major concern in Kerala: Report Sexual abuse of children remains …

Cases Involving Serious Allegations Of Sexual Assault Cannot Be Quashed Even At Victim's Instance: Kerala High Court
2 months ago

Cases Involving Serious Allegations Of Sexual Assault Cannot Be Quashed Even At Victim's Instance: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court recently held that criminal proceedings in cases involving serious allegations of sexual assault cannot be quashed, even at the instance of a victim. If the prosecution evidence would show, prima facie, materials to hold that the offences are made out, quashment on the ground of settlement moved by the accused or the defacto complainant could not …

Bombay High Court upholds 10-year jail term for man who sexually assaulted minor
2 months, 1 week ago

Bombay High Court upholds 10-year jail term for man who sexually assaulted minor

India Today  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the 10-year rigorous imprisonment handed to a labourer for sexually assaulting a Class 5 student. The bench of Justice GA Sanap was hearing an appeal filed by Manoj Bhise, who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl. The assaults, reported to have taken place in October 2017 and March 2018, came …

Sexual Assault Child Victim Has No Locus To File Quashing Plea In Name Of Saving Family's Honour, Future: Himachal Pradesh HC
2 months, 1 week ago

Sexual Assault Child Victim Has No Locus To File Quashing Plea In Name Of Saving Family's Honour, Future: Himachal Pradesh HC

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that after setting the criminal machinery into motion, the complainant's role ends, and the complainant or the child victim has no locus standing to file the petition for quashing a POCSO Case, that too, in the name of saving the family's honour. At the outset, the Court opined that the complainant's role ends …

Kerala POCSO court sentenced Unais to 87 Years for raping minor girl
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala POCSO court sentenced Unais to 87 Years for raping minor girl

Op India  

On 4th January, a POCSO court in Kerala’s Manjeri sentenced 29-year-old Unais, son of Hussain, to 87 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old minor girl. The court sentenced Unais to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 5 read with 6 of the POCSO Act, along with a fine of Rs 2 lakh. Furthermore, the court sentenced …

HC refuses to stop POCSO-accused woman’s access to minor daughter
2 months, 2 weeks ago

HC refuses to stop POCSO-accused woman’s access to minor daughter

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday refused to interfere with a Pune family court order, setting out an arrangement of sequential alternate access to a minor girl child, of 15 days each between her father and mother. A vacation bench of justice Somasekhar Sundaresan refused to pass any interim order on the petition filed by the woman’s estranged husband, …

Delhi HC says phrase ‘physical relations’ cannot mean sexual assault, acquits man in POCSO case
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC says phrase ‘physical relations’ cannot mean sexual assault, acquits man in POCSO case

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A man was recently acquitted by the Delhi High Court in a POCSO case, saying the use of phrase 'physical relations' by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. The leap from physical relations or 'samband' to sexual assault and then to penetrative sexual assault must be established by evidence and cannot be deduced as an inference, the High …

‘Physical relations’ cannot automatically mean sexual assault, rules Delhi High court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Physical relations’ cannot automatically mean sexual assault, rules Delhi High court

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court has acquitted a man in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act case, saying that the use of phrase ‘physical relations’ by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault, PTI reported. The bench observed that it was unclear how the trial court concluded that there was any sexual assault when the minor survivor had …

'Physical relations' cannot automatically mean sexual assault: Delhi High Court
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Physical relations' cannot automatically mean sexual assault: Delhi High Court

India Today  

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of phrase 'physical relations' by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. The court asserted that the leap from physical relations or 'samband' to sexual assault and then to penetrative sexual assault must be established by evidence and cannot be deduced as an inference. …

Presumption Of Guilt U/S 29 Of POCSO Act Can't Be Drawn Due To Lack Of Evidence: Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Presumption Of Guilt U/S 29 Of POCSO Act Can't Be Drawn Due To Lack Of Evidence: Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted two men in a sexual assault case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, observing that the presumption under Section 29 for abetting or attempting to commit certain offences under the Act cannot be drawn on account of lack of evidence.As per Section 29 of the POCSO Act, where a …

Presumption Of Guilt U/S Of 29 POCSO Act Can't Be Drawn Due To Lack Of Evidence: Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Presumption Of Guilt U/S Of 29 POCSO Act Can't Be Drawn Due To Lack Of Evidence: Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted two men in a sexual assault case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, observing that the presumption under Section 29 for abetting or attempting to commit certain offences under the Act cannot be drawn on account of lack of evidence. As per Section 29 of the POCSO Act, where …

[POCSO Act] Quashing Of Serious Offence To Efface Evidence Already Recorded Cannot Be Done Even At Instance Of Survivor: Kerala High Court
3 months ago

[POCSO Act] Quashing Of Serious Offence To Efface Evidence Already Recorded Cannot Be Done Even At Instance Of Survivor: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition filed by the victim of a POCSO offence to quash the proceedings saying that serious offences are involved and the trial had reached at the end stage. The Court noted that that the accused is alleged of committing serious offences like aggravated penetrative sexual assault against the minor. Justice A. Badharudeen observed that …

Bengaluru duty-free employee booked under POSCO act for minor's sexual assault
3 months ago

Bengaluru duty-free employee booked under POSCO act for minor's sexual assault

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: A 20-year-old man, L Vijay Kumar, employed at a duty-free shop at Bengaluru Airport, has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly duping a minor girl into a sexual relationship by promising to marry her. The case emerged after the girl gave birth to a boy on December 10, prompting her father to …

Sexual harassment of badminton players: Pocso court awards jail terms to son and father
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Released in Pocso case, man repeats crime, arrested in Coimbatore
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

POCSO Act | Absence Of Semen In Penetrative Sexual Assault Will Not Weaken Victim's Testimony: Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

POCSO Act | Absence Of Semen In Penetrative Sexual Assault Will Not Weaken Victim's Testimony: Punjab & Haryana High Court

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that in case of penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, victim's testimony cannot be question merely on the ground that no semen is detected in the DNA report.Bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "when in the event of any penetrative sexual …

Headmaster Guardian Of Entire School, Must Immediately Intimate Authorities Of Incidents Under POCSO Act: Madras HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Headmaster Guardian Of Entire School, Must Immediately Intimate Authorities Of Incidents Under POCSO Act: Madras HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings

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While refusing to set aside the criminal proceedings initiated against a school headmaster, the Madras High Court emphasised that the Headmaster was the guardian of the entire school and was expected to report any instances under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. If any incident covered under POCSO Act has taken place, the same has to be immediately …

Child's Testimony Can't Be Brushed Aside, Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Teacher's Conviction For Sexually Assaulting Student In School
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Child's Testimony Can't Be Brushed Aside, Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Teacher's Conviction For Sexually Assaulting Student In School

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction of a school teacher for sexually assaulting a class 8th student under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, while noting that the "occurrence took place in school premises. "Justice Amarjot Bhatti said, "as per facts of the case, it is fully covered under the provisions of Section 9 …

Jodhpur: Pocso court awards life imprisonment to 31-yr-old man for raping minor girl
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jodhpur: Pocso court awards life imprisonment to 31-yr-old man for raping minor girl

Hindustan Times  

A 31-year-old man was awarded life imprisonment by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences act cases court in Jodhpur on Monday in the rape case of a 12-year-old girl. The court also recommended financial assistance of ₹ 5 lakh for the minor child. “Given the gravity of the offense, the ages of both the minor girl and the perpetrator, …

Karnataka HC To Consider Whether POCSO Act Is Gender Neutral Or Not, Stays Proceedings Against Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka HC To Consider Whether POCSO Act Is Gender Neutral Or Not, Stays Proceedings Against Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor

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While staying further proceedings in a POCSO Act case registered against a 52-year-old woman on a complaint by the parents of a minor boy, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday orally said that considering the case was against a woman it would have to lay down whether the law is gender neutral or not. Senior Advocate Hashmath Pasha appearing for …

Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A court here has convicted a man for "attempting" to commit unnatural sexual offence on a seven-year-old boy in 2015. Delhi court convicts man for 'attempting' to sexually assault boy in 2015 Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing the case against the accused who was charged under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 …

Physical Contact With Sexual Intent Without Penetration Is Sexual Assault U/S 7 POCSO Act: Kerala High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Physical Contact With Sexual Intent Without Penetration Is Sexual Assault U/S 7 POCSO Act: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that any overt act which involves a physical contact with sexual intent constitutes 'sexual assault', even if there is no penetration. Justice A. Badharudeen noted that under Section 7 of POCSO Act, which defines 'sexual assault', includes within its ambit any other act which involves physical contact with sexual intent. The High Court confirmed …

Man gets 20-year RI in POCSO case in Bahraich
4 months ago

Man gets 20-year RI in POCSO case in Bahraich

Hindustan Times  

In a significant judgment, Additional Sessions Judge for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Deep Kant Mani, has sentenced one Islam, a resident of Laukahi village, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. Following the complaint, the police registered an FIR against Islam under Sections 376, 323, 504, and 506 of the Indian …

Conviction Under Wrong Provision Of POCSO Act: Patna High Court Orders Release Of Sexagenarian After 10 Years, Enhances Victim's Compensation
4 months ago

Conviction Under Wrong Provision Of POCSO Act: Patna High Court Orders Release Of Sexagenarian After 10 Years, Enhances Victim's Compensation

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The Patna High Court has ordered the release of a man in his sixties, previously convicted by a Sessions Court for the rape of his 12-year-old niece, citing the application of a wrong provision of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Learned Trial Court has not noticed the facts that the alleged offence has been committed in …

Anna Nagar POCSO case | Supreme Court stays order for CBI probe into sexual assault of minor in Chennai
4 months, 1 week ago

Anna Nagar POCSO case | Supreme Court stays order for CBI probe into sexual assault of minor in Chennai

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has stayed an order passed by the Madras High Court on October 1 transferring the investigation in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act case from the Anna Nagar All Women Police Station in Chennai to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Passing interim orders on a criminal appeal preferred by the Greater Chennai City Police, the …

Five arrested for gang rape of woman, her minor niece in Delhi
4 months, 1 week ago

Five arrested for gang rape of woman, her minor niece in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police has arrested five men for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old woman and her 17-year-old niece after reportedly spiking their drinks with alcohol and driving them to a house in Lajpat Nagar on Saturday night, officers said on Tuesday. The victims, in their statement to the police, said that while they stood outside the club in Defence Colony, five …

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