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SC stays Bombay HC 'skin-to-skin order' for acquittal of POCSO acc
Updated : 21 hours, 52 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court where it had acquitted an accused saying that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protecti
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Minor girl raped in Bhopal by accused who met her through social m
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 27 (ANI): A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man who met her through social media in Bhopal.
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Groping child without skin to skin contact does not constitute sex
Updated : 3 days, 2 hours ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Bombay High Court acquitted an appellant under the POCSO Act ruling that pressing of the breast of a child without "skin to skin contact with sexual intent" does not constitute "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexua
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Kerala HC grants bail to woman accused of sexually abusing her min
Updated : 6 days ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 22 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Friday granted bail to a 35-year-old woman who was arrested under the POCSO Act for allegedly sexually abusing her minor son.
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Mumbai: Three-year-old gang-raped by two minors, booked under POSC
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 21 (ANI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys after which a case was registered against the two under IPC section 376 and The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Mumbai police said on Saturday.
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Cop arrested for 'molesting' women, minor in Delhi's Dwarka
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Dwarka Police have arrested a Sub-Inspector for allegedly molesting women and a minor in the area. Four separate cases have been lodged against him including the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Delhi Police.
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Rape accused injured in encounter with police in Greater Noida
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): A rape accused was injured following an encounter with police in the Surajpur area of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Wednesday.
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1 arrested in rape case of 3-year-old in Maharashtra's Palghar
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): Police here arrested one accused in connection with the rape of a three-year-old girl in the Nalasopara area of Palghar district.
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Kerala HC directs appointment of new officer to monitor investigat
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 20 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state police chief to appoint a new officer, not below the rank of an Inspector General of Police, to monitor further investigation in the Palathayi child abuse case.
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Minor girl ends life after being repeatedly molested in UP's Prata
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 14 (ANI): A minor girl allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a well in Puwasi village of UP's Pratapgarh district, after being repeatedly molested by three people of her village, the police said on Wednesday.
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12-year-old girl pregnant after rape by minor cousins in Gujarat's
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Navsari (Gujarat) [India], October 10 (ANI): Two cases of alleged rape with minor girls have been reported in Navsari district of Gujarat, police said on Friday.
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Accused who fled custody as policemen refuel vehicle at Uttar Prad
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): A man booked under the POSCO Act fled from police custody after the vehicle in which he was being taken to the police station stopped at a petrol station in Lakhimpur Kheri to refuel on Sunday.
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