Unnao girl was poisoned, has denied sexual assault, say police

Three girls were found in an unconscious state in Unnao’s Babuhara village last Wednesday. Only one of them survived.

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· Yesterday · 11:10 am

Unnao Dalit girls death: FIR against ‘Mojo Story’, 7 more Twitter handles for alleged ‘fake stories’

The ‘Mojo Story’ called the FIR a ‘blatant case of harassment and intimidation’ and defended its coverage of the incident.

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· Feb 21, 2021 · 05:57 pm

Unnao Dalit girls death: Teenager in Kanpur hospital taken off ventilator support

A local court on Saturday sent two accused in the case to judicial custody for 14 days.

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· Feb 21, 2021 · 08:08 am

Unnao Dalit girls death: Minor among two held; teenagers cremated amid heavy security

The accused gave some pesticide with water to the three girls, the police said.

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· Feb 19, 2021 · 07:51 pm

Unnao Dalit girls death: UP Police chief says postmortem is inconclusive, no injury marks on bodies

Another 17-year-old girl, who was also found at the same spot, is in a Kanpur hospital. Her condition is said to be stable.

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· Feb 18, 2021 · 07:55 am

Patna school principal sentenced to death for raping minor in 2018, teacher gets life term

The judge said that the POCSO court had to take a strong view of the incident so that it could serve as a deterrent.

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· Feb 16, 2021 · 09:51 pm

Supreme Court allows NCW plea against Bombay HC verdict on groping without ‘skin-to-skin’ contact

The state of Maharashtra and the attorney general of India have also filed petitions against the judgement, which was stayed by the SC last month.

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· Feb 10, 2021 · 02:26 pm

Kerala woman arrested for killing her six-year-old son as a ‘sacrifice to Allah’

Shahida called the emergency control room in Palakkad district between 3 am and 4 am and confessed to the murder.

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· Feb 08, 2021 · 01:59 pm

Harsh Mander’s NGO denies allegations after Delhi Police file FIR for abuse in children’s homes

The FIR was lodged after a complaint by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which raided two children’s homes run by the organisation.

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· Feb 05, 2021 · 08:59 pm

NCW moves SC against order that minor’s groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ is not sexual assault

In its plea, the commission said the interpretation of the Bombay High Court that physical contact means ‘skin-to-skin touch’ was perverse and bad in law.

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· Feb 04, 2021 · 11:09 pm

Delhi HC grants bail to man accused of raping 2-year-old girl, cites delay in filing FIR

The SC has held that even a long delay in registration of FIR can be accepted if the witness has no motive of falsely implicating the accused.

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· Jan 29, 2021 · 04:18 pm

Holding minor’s hand, unzipping pants in front of them isn’t sexual assault under POCSO: Bombay HC

The ruling was passed by the same judge who said groping a minor without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ did not constitute as sexual assault.

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· Jan 28, 2021 · 01:48 pm