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7-Year-Old Raped By Mumbai Watchman, Crowd Thrashes Him, Takes Him To Cops
Once news of the incident spread, the crowd caught hold of the accused watchman, beat him, and then handed him over to the police.
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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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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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"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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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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Hyderabad School Principal Misbehaves With 2 Girls, Case Filed: Cops
A case was registered against the principal of a private school here for allegedly misbehaving with two girl students of the institute, police said on Sunday.
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Man Accused Of Rape Over Teenage "Romance" Gets Bail, They're A Couple Now
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.
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Pune Woman Gets Her Lover "Married" To Her 15-Year-Old Daughter; Arrested
"Incident came to light when the 15-year-old victim narrated her ordeal to a classmate and a woman social worker was alerted," police said
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Supreme Court's Move After Controversial High Court Order On Sex Assault
Considering gravity of controversy surrounding the Bombay High Court verdict holding that "groping a minor's breast without 'skin to skin contact' cannot be termed sexual assault", the Supreme Court today appointed an amicus curiae in the case
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45 Fast-Track Courts In Odisha Soon For Crimes Against Women, Children
The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to set up fast-track courts to hear cases of sexual crimes against women and children in the state.
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Soon, Over 200 New Courts In UP To Fast-Track Rape Cases, Crimes Against Children
Amid increasing reports of crimes against women in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday cleared a proposal to set up 218 new fast-track courts, many of them to hear cases of sexual offences against children.
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Centre Plans Over 1,000 Fast-Track Courts For Trial Of Rape, POCSO Cases
The Central government has proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track special courts for expeditious trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country.
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School Principal Arrested For "Hushing Up'' Case After Class 1 Girl Raped
Ten days after a student of class 1 from a Central school in Chhattisgarh was raped allegedly by her three senior schoolmates, the school principal has been arrested for trying to "hush up" the matter, police said today.
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7-Year-Old Raped By Mumbai Watchman, Crowd Thrashes Him, Takes Him To Cops
Once news of the incident spread, the crowd caught hold of the accused watchman, beat him, and then handed him over to the police.
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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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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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"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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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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Hyderabad School Principal Misbehaves With 2 Girls, Case Filed: Cops
A case was registered against the principal of a private school here for allegedly misbehaving with two girl students of the institute, police said on Sunday.
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Man Accused Of Rape Over Teenage "Romance" Gets Bail, They're A Couple Now
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.
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Pune Woman Gets Her Lover "Married" To Her 15-Year-Old Daughter; Arrested
"Incident came to light when the 15-year-old victim narrated her ordeal to a classmate and a woman social worker was alerted," police said
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Supreme Court's Move After Controversial High Court Order On Sex Assault
Considering gravity of controversy surrounding the Bombay High Court verdict holding that "groping a minor's breast without 'skin to skin contact' cannot be termed sexual assault", the Supreme Court today appointed an amicus curiae in the case
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45 Fast-Track Courts In Odisha Soon For Crimes Against Women, Children
The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to set up fast-track courts to hear cases of sexual crimes against women and children in the state.
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Soon, Over 200 New Courts In UP To Fast-Track Rape Cases, Crimes Against Children
Amid increasing reports of crimes against women in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday cleared a proposal to set up 218 new fast-track courts, many of them to hear cases of sexual offences against children.
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Centre Plans Over 1,000 Fast-Track Courts For Trial Of Rape, POCSO Cases
The Central government has proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track special courts for expeditious trial of over 1.66 lakh pending cases of crime against women and children across the country.
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School Principal Arrested For "Hushing Up'' Case After Class 1 Girl Raped
Ten days after a student of class 1 from a Central school in Chhattisgarh was raped allegedly by her three senior schoolmates, the school principal has been arrested for trying to "hush up" the matter, police said today.
