Maharashtra Child Rights Commission hears 35 POCSO and RTE cases

Dec 11, 2024

The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights recently held a hearing for 35 cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual...

Groping child without skin to skin contact does not constitute sexual assault under POCSO: Bombay HC

Jan 25, 2021

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 : The Bombay High Court acquitted an appellant under the POCSO Act ruling that pressing of the breast of...

POCSO court in Kerala sentences mother, step-father to 180 years rigorous imprisonment for repeated sexual abuse of minor girl

Nov 04, 2025

The verdict was pronounced by Special POCSO Court Judge Ashraf AM under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection of Children...

Hyderabad: BRS leader held for misbehaving with minor girl

Dec 20, 2022

The police have registered a case under the POCSO Act

MP: Special court convicts two, including a woman in connection with rape of 3-year-old girl

Dec 10, 2022

The special (POCSO) court of judge Shailja Gupta found the accused Hanumat Jatav guilty under sections 376AB, 376 (2) of the IPC section 5,...

Karnataka's Murugha Mutt pontiff booked under POCSO Act

Aug 29, 2022

Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], August 29 : An FIR under the POCSO Act has been registered against the pontiff of the influential Muruga Math in...