POCSO

Keonjhar: Three individuals, namely Ranjeet Mohanty (33), Rabindra Naik (25), and Sunil Behera (32), were handed life sentences by the Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special POCSO court. The sentencing, which happened today,…

Bargarh: A man, identified as Dagar Chhatar, a resident of Badagaon village in Bargarh district, has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a POCSO court. This sentence comes in connection with the 2018 rape of a minor…

New Delhi: The Law Commission is of the opinion that the government should not tinker with the existing age of consent under the POCSO Act. The Law Commission suggested introducing guided judicial discretion in the matter of sentencing…

Kolkata: All 13 accused arrested in the ragging-related death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University have been charged under the POCSO Act. The accused were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual…

Kolkata: A teacher of a madrasa in West Bengal’s South 24 Pargana district raped a minor girl student inside the school premises and locked her up inside a toilet. The incident occurred on July 21 in the Dholaghat High Madrasa. The…

Patna: A girl and a teacher were stripped and thrashed by three persons, who allegedly caught them in a compromising position in Bihar’s Begusarai district. A video clip of the incident showing three persons attacking and stripping the…

New Delhi: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh, who has been booked under the POCSO Act, said "We will force the government to change" it. He alleged that the POCSO Act is being "misused on a large scale". He…