14-year-old girl allegedly raped multiple times over five days in Gurugram and Delhi

Police said the girl had come to Delhi with a man who had promised to get her a job at a private hospital.

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· Aug 09, 2019 · 01:25 pm

Indore: Boy tortured, made to lick a toilet seat on video

The boy’s attackers allegedly wanted him to give a false statement to the police in another case.

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· Aug 09, 2019 · 11:52 am

Jharkhand: Three-year-old girl allegedly raped, beheaded by man weeks after he’s released from jail

The incident happened on Friday night when the the girl was sleeping with her mother at a railway station. Three men have been arrested in the case.

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· Aug 01, 2019 · 12:51 pm

Child rape: Set up special courts in districts with over 100 pending cases, SC tells Centre

The court directed the central government to provide funds for separate POCSO courts and set a deadline of 60 days for constitution of the courts.

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· Jul 25, 2019 · 02:24 pm

Scarlett Keeling case: Beach shack worker sentenced to 10 years in jail for rape and murder

The court said it was important for Goa to set an example as it was a state with a separate law to protect children.

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· Jul 19, 2019 · 07:44 pm

Kathua case: High Court issues notice to six accused and Jammu and Kashmir government

The eight-year-old girl’s father had approached the court and sought enhancement of the sentence awarded to the convicts in the gangrape and murder case.

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· Jul 19, 2019 · 01:12 pm

Kerala: Court sentences man to three life terms plus 26 years for raping, murdering 7-year-old niece

On Tuesday, the court in Kollam had convicted Rajesh for murder, rape, unnatural sex, abduction and showing disrespect to a dead body.

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· Jul 17, 2019 · 10:19 pm

Scarlett Keeling case: Bombay HC convicts beach shack worker of rape, murder of teen

The Goa bench of the court acquitted another accused in the case, Plácido Carvalho.

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· Jul 17, 2019 · 08:20 pm

Supreme Court asks for status on all child rape cases, expresses concern on delay in investigations

The top court had itself launched a public interest litigation after statistics showed that 24,000 cases had been reported in the first half of the year.

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· Jul 16, 2019 · 11:10 am

Kathua case: Juvenile Justice Board rejects J&K Police Crime branch plea to adjourn trial

The police said that the Jammu and Kashmir High Court was yet to decide if the accused was a minor.

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· Jul 15, 2019 · 10:58 pm

Kathua case: Father of eight-year-old girl moves High Court seeking enhanced punishment for convicts

He also challenged the acquittal of one accused, Vishal Jangotra, in the case.

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· Jul 10, 2019 · 08:31 pm

Union Cabinet amends POCSO Act to include death penalty for sexual assault on minors

The amendments also provide for fines and imprisonment for those indulging in child pornography.

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· Jul 10, 2019 · 06:14 pm