A sitting held by the Kerala Women’s Commission at the Idukki Collectorate on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Kerala Women’s Commission will direct the Idukki District Police Chief to ensure a free and fair investigation into the death of a POCSO case survivor at Erattayar in Kattappana recently, commission chairperson P. Satheedevi has … Read more
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
A file photo of Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana of Muruga mutt. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, facing charges of sexually exploiting minor girls — who was released on bail following a High Court order — was arrested again in connection with the second case under PoCSO Act on November 20, and has … Read more
The Kovalam police on Wednesday arrested a man on charges of attempting to molest a minor girl at her house. The accused has been identified as Sarath, hailing from Pulloorkonam at Vizhinjam. According to the police, the incident happened on May 12 evening. A case has been registered against the accused under the Protection of … Read more
A special court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 27-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, saying the two are now married and that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges. The order by Special (POCSO) Judge V. V. Virkar was passed on March 6 and a copy was … Read more
GUWAHATI The Assam Cabinet has decided to book men who marry minor girls under stringent laws prescribing imprisonment from two years to life, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. Citing the National Family Health Survey-5 report, he said an average of 31.8% of girls in Assam get married at the “prohibited age” and … Read more
Susanta Sekhar Mohapatra, counsel for the convict, said the verdict would be challenged in Orissa High Court seeking relief for the man that could help save the marriage. Susanta Sekhar Mohapatra, counsel for the convict, said the verdict would be challenged in Orissa High Court seeking relief for the man that could help save the … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said no communal riots broke out during his tenure, while they had almost doubled from previous regime during the government of the Samajwadi Party. He accused the previous government of indulging in “Bandar baat” (favouritism) in the name of development. Presenting a five year report card of … Read more