Odisha: Police arrest officer accused of raping 13-year-old, apologise to girl

The accused, Ananda Chandra Majhi, has also been dismissed from service.

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· Jul 02, 2020 · 03:44 pm

FIR lodged against Nithyananda case investigators for showing porn to children in ashram

A case was registered against 14 police officials, including members of the Child Welfare Committee at Vivekanandanagar police station in Ahmedabad.

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· Mar 10, 2020 · 10:10 am

‘Woman always knows man’s intention,’ Bombay HC tells convict who molested child actor in flight

The court highlighted the daily struggles of women who face similar incidents of harassment while travelling in local trains and buses.

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· Mar 03, 2020 · 05:48 pm

Assam: Seven teenagers allegedly rape, kill 12-year-old girl, hang her from a tree

The accused called the girl to a house on the pretext of organising a party and raped her.

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· Mar 02, 2020 · 12:27 pm

Kottiyur case: Pope Francis expels Kerala priest convicted of raping minor

In February last year, a POCSO court in Thalassery had sentenced Robin Vadakkumchery to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 3 lakh.

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· Mar 01, 2020 · 07:53 pm

Maharashtra: 10 men allegedly rape 16-year-old Dalit girl for six months in Solapur

Five of the accused have been arrested, the police said.

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· Feb 12, 2020 · 07:49 pm

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Brajesh Thakur sentenced to life in prison

Thakur had been convicted for aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Eighteen others were also convicted.

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· Feb 11, 2020 · 03:09 pm

Kathua rape-murder case: SC stays proceedings before Juvenile Justice Board on appeal by state

The Jammu and Kashmir government claimed that the High Court had erroneously affirmed the order of a trial court holding the main accused to be a minor.

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· Feb 07, 2020 · 11:02 pm

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Main accused Brajesh Thakur, 18 others convicted of rape

Thakur used to run the shelter home in Bihar where at least 34 inmates were allegedly drugged and raped.

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· Jan 20, 2020 · 03:01 pm

Delhi: Two convicted for raping minor in 2013, court says child experienced ‘exceptional depravity’

The POCSO court said that the case had shaken the society’s ‘collective conscience’.

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· Jan 18, 2020 · 05:35 pm

Mumbai man who molested former Bollywood actor on flight gets 3 years in jail under POCSO Act

Seven witnesses, including the then minor actor, were examined in the case.

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· Jan 15, 2020 · 05:20 pm

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: 35 minors believed to be dead are alive, CBI tells Supreme Court

The agency said it had been completed its inquiry into the shelter home case.

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· Jan 08, 2020 · 03:14 pm