Two sentenced to death by POCSO court in Rajasthan court for raping, burning alive minor girl

Two sentenced to death by POCSO court in Rajasthan court for raping, burning alive minor girl

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Monday awarded death sentence to two men for raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace last year. “Kalu and Kanha were awarded death penalty by the court,” Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat … Read more

Rajasthan HC turns down minor rape survivor's plea to terminate pregnancy

Rajasthan HC turns down minor rape survivor's plea to terminate pregnancy

The court observed that any attempt to terminate the pregnancy at this advanced stage is likely to lead to a premature delivery. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Rajasthan High Court has declined a plea of a 11-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy, saying a fully developed foetus also has the right to … Read more

Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

NTR District Sub-Collector Aditi Singh conducted an inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment at a child care institution under Krishna district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) by its member. Ms. Singh also probed into the alleged leak of profiles of the rescued minor girls from a girls’ shelter home. A book in which the data of … Read more

Man gets seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for pouring hot water on minor relative

Man gets seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for pouring hot water on minor relative

A man who poured boiling water on his minor cousin has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹35,000 by the Thiruvananthapuram  Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court. Thiruvananthapuram POCSO Court Judge M.P. Shibu sentenced Aneesh, 38, of Ulloor in the city, to rigorous imprisonment in a case … Read more

Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry

Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry

On the morning of July 19, the same day that a video clip of the sexual assault on women in Manipur went viral and shook the country, social media threw up another series of disturbing images. Except these were from a middle-class neighbourhood in Delhi, and featured a couple, the woman in pilot’s uniform, being … Read more

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Additional District and Sessions Court (PoCSO) in Kalaburagi has sentenced S.K. Salim, a resident of Sonia Gandhi Colony in Kalaburagi, to 20 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor girl on the promise of marrying her. As per details shared by Shantaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused lured the girl on … Read more

Minor girl goes missing

Minor girl goes missing

A minor girl belonging to the Dalit community has gone missing from her residence at Hittal Shiroor village in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district and there has been no breakthrough in the case ever after three weeks. According to the victim’s mother Sharanamma Doddamani, their 14-year-old daughter Pavitra, a class VIII student, went to school … Read more

Nurse gang-raped at Chhattisgarh health centre; minor among three arrested

Nurse gang-raped at Chhattisgarh health centre; minor among three arrested

The nurse has alleged that the four accused filmed the assault and threatened to kill her if she informed the police The nurse has alleged that the four accused filmed the assault and threatened to kill her if she informed the police A nurse was allegedly gang-raped by four persons, including a minor, at a … Read more