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Odisha

Odisha Court Sentences Accused to 10-Yr of Imprisonment for Raping Minor

A POCSO court in Odisha has sentenced a 45-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a minor girl in 2014. Mayurbhanj district POCSO court judge Sumita Jena... Read more »
Life Term, POCSO

AP Court Sentences Accused to Life Term for Impregnating Minor Stepdaughter

A special POCSO court in Arunachal Pradesh has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexual assaulting and impregnating his minor stepdaughter. The court also imposed a 20-year prison term for the... Read more »
Delhi HC

UP Court Sentences 10 Yrs Of Imprisonment To A Man For Raping Minor

Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot court has recently sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl in 2017. Special Public Prosecutor, Tej Pratap Singh, stated the court of Additional... Read more »
Delhi HC

Delhi HC Grants Govt 3 Weeks To Formulate SOP For Sexual Assault Cases On Children

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted the city government 3 weeks to formulate the standard operating procedure to be followed in cases of sexual assault of children. A bench headed by... Read more »
Delhi HC

Kaushambi Court Sentences 4 Accused to 20 Years Imprisonment for Raping Minor

The Kaushambi POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh has convicted four individuals, including a woman, in connection with a 2018 gang-rape case involving a minor Dalit girl. The court sentenced all the convict... Read more »
Delhi HC

Delhi HC Quashes FIR Lodged Under POCSO on Mutual Grounds

Delhi High Court has passed an order to cancel an FIR registered under the POCSO Act on the basis of mutual consent of victim and accused both. While quashing FIR High Court... Read more »
Life Term, POCSO

Rajasthan Court Sentences Two to 20 Years for Abduction and Rape of Minor

The Bundi district court in Rajasthan has sentenced a man and a woman to 20 years of imprisonment each for the abduction and rape of a minor that occurred more than three... Read more »
Mizoram

POCSO Court Acquits Elderly Man Accused Of Raping Granddaughter, Says Victim Testimony Not Reliable

A special POCSO court in Mumbai has recently acquitted a 60-year-old man accused of raping his granddaughter as it didn’t find the victim’s testimony “trustworthy”. Special Judge Kalpna Patil, presiding over the... Read more »

Indore Special Court Imposes 20-Year Sentence On Rape Convict

A special POCSO court in Indore has sentenced 20-year-old man to 20 years of imprisonment of raping a minor and pressurising her to convert her religion. Special Judge (POCSO), Surekha Mishra, presiding... Read more »
POCSO

POCSO court Sentences a Man to 23 years in Jail for Raping Minor

A POCSO court in Bahraich (UP)  sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl and imposed a fine of over Rs one lakh. Special Additional Sessions Judge... Read more »
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