Pocso

Men who marry girls below 14 years will face cases against the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The decision was taken during a state cabinet meeting on Monday.

Mumbai Child Rape Case: A 20-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in central Mumbai, police said today.

A five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her school bus conductor in Chhattisgarh's Mungeli district, a police official said on Thursday.

A teacher of a higher secondary school in Kerala's Kannur was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting students, said police.

A 15-year-old girl who left home after an argument with her mother was allegedly raped by two men in Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday.

A 38-year-old national-level wrestler, who was wanted in a rape, kidnapping, and POCSO Act case, has been arrested from the national capital, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.

A man has set a bakery on fire as its owner allegedly misbehaved with his minor daughter when she went there for purchase at Vishnupuram in Cheranalloor here, police said on Friday.

A court in Odisha's Kalahandi district has sentenced a former head master of a state-run residential school to 10-year rigorous imprisonment, after convicting him of rape of a minor girl student.

A case has been registered against the Station House Officer of the Aiyroor police station in rural Thiruvananthapuram for allegedly forcing and having unnatural sex with a POCSO case accused.

A headmaster of a government school in Karnataka was brutally thrashed by scores of girl students for allegedly harassing one of them.

POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar

Sexual abuse of children remains a hidden problem as there is a culture of silence and therefore the state must encourage families to report abuse even where the perpetrator is a family member, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said.

Tamil Nadu's top cop has instructed police officials to not make "hasty" arrests under the POCSO Act in cases involving "love affairs and marriages".

The high court noted that the victim was a special child with mental disability of 50 per cent

Men who marry girls below 14 years will face cases against the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The decision was taken during a state cabinet meeting on Monday.

Mumbai Child Rape Case: A 20-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in central Mumbai, police said today.

A five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her school bus conductor in Chhattisgarh's Mungeli district, a police official said on Thursday.

A teacher of a higher secondary school in Kerala's Kannur was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting students, said police.

A 15-year-old girl who left home after an argument with her mother was allegedly raped by two men in Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday.

A 38-year-old national-level wrestler, who was wanted in a rape, kidnapping, and POCSO Act case, has been arrested from the national capital, police said on Thursday.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old man in a rape and POCSO case arising out of "juvenile romance" while noting that the girl herself offered to stand as "surety" for him for his release.

A man has set a bakery on fire as its owner allegedly misbehaved with his minor daughter when she went there for purchase at Vishnupuram in Cheranalloor here, police said on Friday.

A court in Odisha's Kalahandi district has sentenced a former head master of a state-run residential school to 10-year rigorous imprisonment, after convicting him of rape of a minor girl student.

A case has been registered against the Station House Officer of the Aiyroor police station in rural Thiruvananthapuram for allegedly forcing and having unnatural sex with a POCSO case accused.

A headmaster of a government school in Karnataka was brutally thrashed by scores of girl students for allegedly harassing one of them.

POCSO Act criminalises all sexual activity for those under 18, regardless of whether consent is factually present, notes CJI DY Chandrachud at seminar

Sexual abuse of children remains a hidden problem as there is a culture of silence and therefore the state must encourage families to report abuse even where the perpetrator is a family member, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said.

Tamil Nadu's top cop has instructed police officials to not make "hasty" arrests under the POCSO Act in cases involving "love affairs and marriages".

The high court noted that the victim was a special child with mental disability of 50 per cent