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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexual Assault, Murder Of Minor In Tamil Nadu
The POCSO Special Court convicted Dharma Muneeswaran and sentenced him to death by hanging on both counts of sexual assault and murder, 77 days after the crime.
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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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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexually Assaulting 21 Children In Arunachal School
A special POCSO court in Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting 21 children, including 15 girls, at a residential school.
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Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping And Killing 11-Year-Old In Rajasthan
Man gets death penalty for raping and A POCSO court in Rajasthan on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a man for raping and killing an 11-year-old girl in a little over four months after the commission of the crime.
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Death For Crimes Against Women, Children In Proposed Maharashtra Law
In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.
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Special Court Awards Death Penalty To Accused In 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder
A special judge for trial of offences under the POCSO Act on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to an accused in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl in Vijayawada city.
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Can't Award Death Penalty Retrospectively: Supreme Court On Telangana's Plea
The Supreme Court has refused to award death penalty to a convict, who committed rape and murder of a nine-year-old child last year in Telangana, nearly two months prior to the amendment of POCSO Act by parliament prescribing extreme sentence for the heinous crime, saying that retrospective effect to the law cannot be granted.
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Man Sentenced To Death In Andhra For Rape, Murder Of 5-Year-Old Last Year
A local court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday sentenced a lorry cleaner to death under the POCSO Act, holding him guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in November last year.
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Parliament Approves Bill Providing Death Penalty For Child Sex Abuse
A bill seeking to provide death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children and greater punishments for other crimes against minors was approved by Parliament, after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Rajya Sabha Passes POCSO Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill entailing amendments to the POCSO Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against them.
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Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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Centre Introduces Amendments To Child Abuse Law In Lok Sabha
The government today in the Lok Sabha introduced amendments to the POCSO Act, which provides for death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children.
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Centre Strengthens Child Abuse Law To Include Death For Aggravated Assault
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the cabinet has approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, further strengthening the law to safeguard minors in the country.
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In Chennai Teen Rape Case, 17 Accused May Get Death Penalty Under New Law
A chargesheet was filed on Wednesday against 17 people in the alleged rape of an 11-year old hearing-impaired girl, arraigning the accused under the new law which provides for death penalty for child rapists.
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In 20-Day Trial, Rajasthan Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping Daughter
Father of an infant girl was awarded the death sentence by the Jhunjhunu POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in Rajasthan on Friday for raping a minor on August 2.
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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexual Assault, Murder Of Minor In Tamil Nadu
The POCSO Special Court convicted Dharma Muneeswaran and sentenced him to death by hanging on both counts of sexual assault and murder, 77 days after the crime.
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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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Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexually Assaulting 21 Children In Arunachal School
A special POCSO court in Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting 21 children, including 15 girls, at a residential school.
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Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping And Killing 11-Year-Old In Rajasthan
Man gets death penalty for raping and A POCSO court in Rajasthan on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a man for raping and killing an 11-year-old girl in a little over four months after the commission of the crime.
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Death For Crimes Against Women, Children In Proposed Maharashtra Law
In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.
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Special Court Awards Death Penalty To Accused In 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder
A special judge for trial of offences under the POCSO Act on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to an accused in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl in Vijayawada city.
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Can't Award Death Penalty Retrospectively: Supreme Court On Telangana's Plea
The Supreme Court has refused to award death penalty to a convict, who committed rape and murder of a nine-year-old child last year in Telangana, nearly two months prior to the amendment of POCSO Act by parliament prescribing extreme sentence for the heinous crime, saying that retrospective effect to the law cannot be granted.
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Man Sentenced To Death In Andhra For Rape, Murder Of 5-Year-Old Last Year
A local court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday sentenced a lorry cleaner to death under the POCSO Act, holding him guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in November last year.
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Parliament Approves Bill Providing Death Penalty For Child Sex Abuse
A bill seeking to provide death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children and greater punishments for other crimes against minors was approved by Parliament, after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Rajya Sabha Passes POCSO Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill entailing amendments to the POCSO Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against them.
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Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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Centre Introduces Amendments To Child Abuse Law In Lok Sabha
The government today in the Lok Sabha introduced amendments to the POCSO Act, which provides for death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children.
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Centre Strengthens Child Abuse Law To Include Death For Aggravated Assault
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the cabinet has approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, further strengthening the law to safeguard minors in the country.
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In Chennai Teen Rape Case, 17 Accused May Get Death Penalty Under New Law
A chargesheet was filed on Wednesday against 17 people in the alleged rape of an 11-year old hearing-impaired girl, arraigning the accused under the new law which provides for death penalty for child rapists.
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In 20-Day Trial, Rajasthan Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping Daughter
Father of an infant girl was awarded the death sentence by the Jhunjhunu POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in Rajasthan on Friday for raping a minor on August 2.
