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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Gets Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Abuse Case
The case pertains to an FIR lodged at Jhunsi police station in Prayagraj following directions from a POCSO court.
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'Tried To Prove Child Has No Proof': Court Blasts Cops In Rape Case
Supreme Court raSupreme Court raps Gurugram Police in four-year-old child's rape case.ps Gurugram Police in four-year-old child's rape case.
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DMK Youth Wing Member Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault, Murder Of Toddler
A functionary of the youth wing of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district, police said.
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In Landmark Order, UP Couple Gets Death For Sexually Assaulting 33 Children
A couple has been sentenced to death by a court in Uttar Pradesh after being convicted in a case of sexual assault of 33 children, some of them as young as three years old.
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Case Under Anti-Child Abuse Act Can't Be Dismissed If Victim Turns Hostile: Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld the jail term of a man for raping his minor stepdaughter, observing that guilt under the POCSO Act cannot be dismissed merely because the victim turned hostile, particularly when scientific evidence was available.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Mumbai Girl, 16, Accuse Mother, Neighbour Of Pushing Her Into Prostitution
A Mumbai-based girl studying in Class 10 has accused her mother and their male neighbour of pushing her into prostitution to earn money, prompting the police to register a case and launch a probe.
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"More Or Less Consensual": Thane Court Acquits Man In Minor's Rape Case
A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of raping a girl alleged to be a minor, citing insufficient evidence to establish her age and observing that the relationship appeared to be "more or less consensual in nature."
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Himachal BJP MLA Hans Raj Faces Child Sexual Abuse Case
Himachal Pradesh BJP legislator Hans Raj was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted when she was minor, the police said on Saturday.
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Top Court Concerned Over POCSO Misuse, Says Awareness Needed
The POCSO act is being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court said while stressing the need to spread awareness in boys and men about its legal provisions.
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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Gets Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Abuse Case
The case pertains to an FIR lodged at Jhunsi police station in Prayagraj following directions from a POCSO court.
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'Tried To Prove Child Has No Proof': Court Blasts Cops In Rape Case
Supreme Court raSupreme Court raps Gurugram Police in four-year-old child's rape case.ps Gurugram Police in four-year-old child's rape case.
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DMK Youth Wing Member Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault, Murder Of Toddler
A functionary of the youth wing of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district, police said.
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In Landmark Order, UP Couple Gets Death For Sexually Assaulting 33 Children
A couple has been sentenced to death by a court in Uttar Pradesh after being convicted in a case of sexual assault of 33 children, some of them as young as three years old.
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Case Under Anti-Child Abuse Act Can't Be Dismissed If Victim Turns Hostile: Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld the jail term of a man for raping his minor stepdaughter, observing that guilt under the POCSO Act cannot be dismissed merely because the victim turned hostile, particularly when scientific evidence was available.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against 'Happily-Married' Couple
Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of fate" and an "instrument of harassment".
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Mumbai Girl, 16, Accuse Mother, Neighbour Of Pushing Her Into Prostitution
A Mumbai-based girl studying in Class 10 has accused her mother and their male neighbour of pushing her into prostitution to earn money, prompting the police to register a case and launch a probe.
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"More Or Less Consensual": Thane Court Acquits Man In Minor's Rape Case
A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of raping a girl alleged to be a minor, citing insufficient evidence to establish her age and observing that the relationship appeared to be "more or less consensual in nature."
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Himachal BJP MLA Hans Raj Faces Child Sexual Abuse Case
Himachal Pradesh BJP legislator Hans Raj was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted when she was minor, the police said on Saturday.
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Top Court Concerned Over POCSO Misuse, Says Awareness Needed
The POCSO act is being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court said while stressing the need to spread awareness in boys and men about its legal provisions.
