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Navi Mumbai Teacher Arrested After Video Call With Student. She Was Semi-Nude
A school teacher in Navi Mumbai has been arrested after an alleged semi-nude video chat with a minor student. The 35-year-old woman has been charged in an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
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Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Schoolteacher Arrested For 'Sexually Abusing' Boy
A Mumbai court on Tuesday granted bail to a 40-year-old female teacher of a city-based prominent school who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor male student on multiple occasions.
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New Twist In Bus Conductor Assault Case That Reignited Marathi Row
The family of the minor girl on whose complaint a case under POCSO Act was registered against the bus conductor on Monday issued a video statement saying they have decided to withdraw the case and requested to stop escalating the matter.
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Ekta Kapoor, Mother Interrogated Under Child Abuse Act For Scenes In Web Series
The Mumbai Police has interrogated producer Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor, who were booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in an episode of ALT Balaji's web series 'Gandi Baat'.
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Maharashtra Man, 58, Arrested For Raping Teen Step Granddaughter For Over 10 Years
Mumbai police arrested a 58-year-old man under POCSO Act for allegedly raping his 19-year-old step-granddaughter over the last 10 years in Maharashtra.
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Transgender Sentenced To Death For Raping, Killing 3-Month-Old Girl In Mumbai
Terming the act as "barbaric and inhuman", a court in Mumbai on Tuesday awarded a death sentence to a transgender person for raping and murdering a three-month-old girl.
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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Minor, Says 'Consensual Relationship'
A 24-year-old man from Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai who was accused of raping a minor girl has been acquitted by a special court, with the judge calling it a case of consensual relationship.
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Can POCSO Circular Issued By Mumbai Police Chief Be Withdrawn? Court Asks State
The HC was hearing a plea filed by city resident Damayanti Vasave, who argued that the circular was arbitrary and sought that it be set aside.
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Mumbai Top Cop's Directions To Officers On Molestation, Child Crime Cases
Cases of molestation and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act should be registered only upon the recommendation of an ACP and with the permission of the zonal DCP, Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said.
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Teen Raped In Maharashtra, 2 Police Stations Didn't File Case Citing Area
A day after a 34-year-old woman died after she was brutally raped in Mumbai suburb Sakinaka, another incident of sexual abuse has been reported in Maharashtra, this time in Ulhasnagar.
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2 Arrested For Sexually Harassing 10-Year-Old By Sending Obscene Pictures
Mumbai police have arrested two persons from Thane district for allegedly sexually harassing a 10-year-old girl by sending obscene pictures and videos to her through social messaging platforms, an official said today.
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Opinion: Groping A Child, If Shirt Is On, Isn't Sex Assault, Says Court
One is driven to call out the judge of the Nagpur bench of the Mumbai High Court, who, in an extraordinarily retrograde judgement, has ruled that the offence of sexual assault under Section 7 of the POCSO Act does not apply when a child is molested, and cannot be considered a victim of attempt to rape unless there is "skin to skin" contact.
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Mumbai Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Raping Mentally-Challenged Minor
A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced a man to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old mentally-challenged girl.
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19-Year-Old Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping, Raping 8-Year-Old In Mumbai
A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl inside a public toilet in Mumbai's suburban Wadala, police said on Wednesday.
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Day After Congress' Priyanka Chaturvedi Alleged Threats, Cops File Case
Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified Twitter user for threatening to rape the daughter of Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.
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Navi Mumbai Teacher Arrested After Video Call With Student. She Was Semi-Nude
A school teacher in Navi Mumbai has been arrested after an alleged semi-nude video chat with a minor student. The 35-year-old woman has been charged in an FIR under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
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Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Schoolteacher Arrested For 'Sexually Abusing' Boy
A Mumbai court on Tuesday granted bail to a 40-year-old female teacher of a city-based prominent school who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor male student on multiple occasions.
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New Twist In Bus Conductor Assault Case That Reignited Marathi Row
The family of the minor girl on whose complaint a case under POCSO Act was registered against the bus conductor on Monday issued a video statement saying they have decided to withdraw the case and requested to stop escalating the matter.
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Ekta Kapoor, Mother Interrogated Under Child Abuse Act For Scenes In Web Series
The Mumbai Police has interrogated producer Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor, who were booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in an episode of ALT Balaji's web series 'Gandi Baat'.
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Maharashtra Man, 58, Arrested For Raping Teen Step Granddaughter For Over 10 Years
Mumbai police arrested a 58-year-old man under POCSO Act for allegedly raping his 19-year-old step-granddaughter over the last 10 years in Maharashtra.
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Transgender Sentenced To Death For Raping, Killing 3-Month-Old Girl In Mumbai
Terming the act as "barbaric and inhuman", a court in Mumbai on Tuesday awarded a death sentence to a transgender person for raping and murdering a three-month-old girl.
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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Minor, Says 'Consensual Relationship'
A 24-year-old man from Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai who was accused of raping a minor girl has been acquitted by a special court, with the judge calling it a case of consensual relationship.
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Can POCSO Circular Issued By Mumbai Police Chief Be Withdrawn? Court Asks State
The HC was hearing a plea filed by city resident Damayanti Vasave, who argued that the circular was arbitrary and sought that it be set aside.
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Mumbai Top Cop's Directions To Officers On Molestation, Child Crime Cases
Cases of molestation and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act should be registered only upon the recommendation of an ACP and with the permission of the zonal DCP, Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said.
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Teen Raped In Maharashtra, 2 Police Stations Didn't File Case Citing Area
A day after a 34-year-old woman died after she was brutally raped in Mumbai suburb Sakinaka, another incident of sexual abuse has been reported in Maharashtra, this time in Ulhasnagar.
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2 Arrested For Sexually Harassing 10-Year-Old By Sending Obscene Pictures
Mumbai police have arrested two persons from Thane district for allegedly sexually harassing a 10-year-old girl by sending obscene pictures and videos to her through social messaging platforms, an official said today.
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Opinion: Groping A Child, If Shirt Is On, Isn't Sex Assault, Says Court
One is driven to call out the judge of the Nagpur bench of the Mumbai High Court, who, in an extraordinarily retrograde judgement, has ruled that the offence of sexual assault under Section 7 of the POCSO Act does not apply when a child is molested, and cannot be considered a victim of attempt to rape unless there is "skin to skin" contact.
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Mumbai Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Raping Mentally-Challenged Minor
A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced a man to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old mentally-challenged girl.
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19-Year-Old Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping, Raping 8-Year-Old In Mumbai
A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl inside a public toilet in Mumbai's suburban Wadala, police said on Wednesday.
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Day After Congress' Priyanka Chaturvedi Alleged Threats, Cops File Case
Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified Twitter user for threatening to rape the daughter of Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.
