The Delhi High Court, in a judgement passed on Thursday, referred to verses of the Gita, Bible, Quran to emphasize the importance of mediation in a criminal dispute. However, the High Court clarified that the cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act can’t be referred to […]
Delhi Court grants bail to POCSO accused languishing in jail
The Dwarka District Court has granted bail to an accused in custody for about five years in a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was charged under Section 5(l) r/w 6 of the POCSO Act which is punishable with rigorous life imprisonment. The Additional Sessions Judge Pooja Talwar […]
Man arrested under POCSO on charge of molesting minor girl in Assam
A man has been arrested on the charge of molesting a minor girl in Assam’s Hojai district, the police said on Tuesday. Uttam Das was arrested on Monday night for allegedly molesting a girl at Lumding in Hojai district, they added. The accused forcibly took the victim in his car and […]
Karnataka: Sri Murugha Mutt pontiff arrested in POCSO case
The chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been arrested in the POCSO case, police said, adding that the second person who is in custody is being questioned. Speaking to media persons, Chitradurga SP Parashurama K said, “We arrested him (Chief of Sri Murugha Mutt) in the Protection Of […]
Jharkhand Child Welfare Committee says Dumka girl set ablaze was minor, demands POCSO charges against accused
The Jharkhand Child Welfare Committee has asked for the addition of charges under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in an FIR filed in the case where a school girl died after she was set on fire in the Dumka district of the state. The committee said that the […]
Karnataka’s Murugha Mutt pontiff booked under POCSO Act
An FIR under the POCSO Act has been registered against the pontiff of the influential Muruga Math in Chitradurga after minor girls made allegations of sexual harassment against him The FIR has been filed against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga. According to the FIR, the girls were abused for […]
Oral sex with minor not ‘aggravated sexual assault’ under POCSO Act, says Allahabad HC
Observing that ‘oral sex’ with a minor does not come under the ‘aggravated sexual assault’ category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy from 10 years to seven years. In […]