Sexual Offences

Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 10, 2019

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.

Girl, 6, Sexually Assaulted In Delhi, Crowd Clashes With Hospital Staff

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2019

A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man in Delhi Tuesday and when she was taken to a hospital, doctors referred her to another one, saying emergency services were closed. An irate crowd then ransacked the facility, doctors claimed.

Aligarh Murder Accused Had Raped His Daughter In 2014, Say Police

India News | Reported by Ruby Dhingra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday June 8, 2019

One of the men accused in the murder of a two-year-old in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh had raped his own daughter five years ago and had been out on bail, the police have told NDTV, amid growing calls for the harshest possible punishment in the case.

'Revenge Porn', 'Cyber Flashing' Banned In Singapore

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 7, 2019

Singapore's parliament passed a bill Monday that made distributing or threatening to distribute intimate images a crime, punishable up to five years in jail.

Man Jailed For Life For Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Boy In Rajasthan

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2019

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in a village in Rajasthan's Kota district, an official said on Friday.

Case Against Telangana Principal For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Students

Telangana News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 5, 2019

A case has been filed against the principal of a government school under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam for allegedly sexually abusing students, police said today.

15 Girls Rescued From Tamil Nadu Home After Alleged Sexual Abuse: Cops

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 30, 2019

Fifteen girls were rescued from a home in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district following complaints of sexual abuse against their in-charge, who has since been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

"Tamil Nadu Police Not Filing Cases Under Sex Assault Law": Child Rights Activists

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday January 30, 2019

Child rights campaigners in Coimbatore district have accused the police of not invoking the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against the accused in four cases of sexual abuse.

Man, 70, Gets Life In Jail For Repeatedly Raping Teen Granddaughter

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 17, 2019

A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Wednesday sentenced an elderly man to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old granddaughter.

Centre Strengthens Child Abuse Law To Include Death For Aggravated Assault

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday December 28, 2018

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.

Gujarat Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Teen Stepdaughter For Months, Arrested

Ahmedabad News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 9, 2018

A man was arrested on Saturday in Ahmedabad's Ramol for allegedly sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter, police said.

Football Referee Charged With Sex Crimes Involving 300 Boys In Norway

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 21, 2018

Norwegian authorities have charged a man in his twenties, reportedly a football referee, with sexual offences involving some 300 teenage boys -- the biggest such case in the country's history, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Before Ballari Bypoll, Congress Candidate Accused Of Sex Assault Cover-Up

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday November 1, 2018

Days before the Ballari bypoll in Karnataka, a woman today accused Congress candidate VS Ugrappa of allegedly trying to cover up a three-year-old sexual assault case involving her minor daughter. Mr Ugrappa denied the charges, claiming that his political rivals were using her to get back at him.

French School Student Allegedly Sexually Abused By Host's Father In Delhi

Delhi News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday October 29, 2018

A French teenager visiting India on a school exchange programme, was allegedly sexually assaulted by the father of the student, hosting her in Delhi, on October 18. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed a week later, based on the 16-year-old's complaint. A case under the stringent child sexual offences act has been filed against the accused, a...

In Muzzaffarpur Case, Brajesh Thakur's Relative Gets 3 Day CBI Custody

Muzaffarpur News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 25, 2018

A Muzaffarpur court on Wednesday sent a relative of Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in the shelter home sex scandal, to three days CBI custody. Ramanuj, the maternal uncle of Thakur, was arrested by the CBI on Tuesday night in the adjoining district of Samastipur and produced before Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 court.