Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
- Sep- 2023 -28 SeptemberDH Latest News
22nd Law Commission opposes reducing age of consent from 18 to 16
The 22nd Law Commission, in its recently submitted report to the Union Law Ministry, has advocated against reducing the minimum…
Read More » - Jun- 2023 -17 JuneDH Latest News
Sexual assault of minor girl: Kerala fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal gets life term imprisonment
Kochi: Fake antique dealer Monsoon Mavunkal was on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment after a special POCSO court in…
Read More » - May- 2023 -6 MayDH Latest News
Bengali man molested child, lured with chocolates, detained
In the Malda district of West Bengal, an 81-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of sexually assaulting a four-year-old…
Read More » - Apr- 2023 -21 AprilDH Latest News
7-year-old raped in Korba district; 2 arrested
According to police, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in a godown in the Korba…
Read More » - Jan- 2023 -7 JanuaryDH Latest News
Teen girl blackmailed, raped repeatedly by boy she met online in Madhya Pradesh
Harda: A 17-year-old girl in Harda in Madhya Pradesh was raped allegedly by a boy she had befriended on…
Read More » - Sep- 2022 -11 SeptemberDH Latest News
15-year-old girl sexually harassed in Mumbai school, peon arrested
A 28-year-old school peon has been arrested by Mumbai Police on allegations of stalking and sexually harassing a minor girl inside…
Read More » - Aug- 2022 -12 AugustDH Latest News
Mukhiya’s husband rapes 8-year-old girl in Jharkhand’s Giridih
Ranchi: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by husband of a Mukhiya (Panchayat head) in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, police…
Read More » - Jun- 2022 -21 JuneNEWS
Idukki man aged 64, sentenced to 81 years imprisonment in POCSO case
Idukki: A 64-year-old man in Idukki was sentenced to 81 years and fined Rs 2.25 lakh for impregnating a…
Read More » - 15 JuneDH Latest News
Karnataka HC quashes POCSO case criminal proceedings against Bishop
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against Reverend Prasanna Kumar Samuel in a case under the…
Read More » - 10 JuneDH Latest News
School curriculum should spread awareness through lessons on POCSO Act: observes Kerala High Court
Kochi: The Kerala High Court pointed out about the need to inculcate awareness about POCSO Act and allied provisions…
Read More » - 4 JuneDH Latest News
9-year-old girl raped inside Delhi factory, 46-year-old man arrested
New Delhi: A 46-year-old man has been nabbed in connection with the rape of a 9-year-old girl in the…
Read More » - Mar- 2022 -30 MarchDH Latest News
Movie casting director booked in Pune for sexually assaulting female artist
Pune: The Pune police have registered a case against a film casting director for allegedly raping a female backstage…
Read More » - 28 MarchDH Latest News
8-year-old girl molested on pretext of giving chocolates; Maulvi arrested
Palghar: A maulvi was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a 8-year-old girl child in Maharashtra’s Palghar, after she…
Read More » - 12 MarchDH NEWS
13-year-old girl raped in Pathanamthitta; Mother’s lover arrested
Pathanamthitta: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Pathanamthitta for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Ranni on Saturday. Shiju,…
Read More » - Jan- 2022 -21 JanuaryDH NEWS
13-year-old girl gang raped while returning from temple; 4 arrested
Bilaspur: Four men were arrested in connection with abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district.…
Read More » - Dec- 2021 -20 DecemberTamil Nadu
‘Girls are safe only in mother’s womb and grave’: 16-year-old’s suicide note calls for justice
Chennai: ‘Relatives, teachers, everyone’- a Class 11 girl in Chennai conveyed the trauma she went through because of these…
Read More » - 18 DecemberDH Latest News
Bengal: Class 9 student gangraped, 1 accused arrested
Bardhaman: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The incident took place near…
Read More » - 14 DecemberDH Latest News
Minor girl gangraped by father’s friends in Madhya Pradesh; Accused arrested
Jabalpur: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two friends of her father in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The…
Read More » - 2 DecemberRajasthan
Rajasthan: Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for sodomising 12-year-old
Jaipur: A Special POCSO Court in Ajmer on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years’ imprisonment for sodomising a…
Read More » - May- 2018 -2 MayCrime
Man tries to rape teenager; pushes her off building
Amid the numerous rape cases being registered after the approval of the death penalty amendment, another one has been registered.…
Read More » - Apr- 2018 -25 AprilCrime
Minor raped by juvenile with the help of mother and father
The number of crime against the minors are increasing as the days go by, calling for the need for a…
Read More » - 23 AprilCrime
Minor raped near temple; case registered
The recent surge in rape cases have led to the approval of the death penalty for the rapists of minors…
Read More » - 22 AprilLatest News
Protests against Cabinet’s death penalty for minor’s rapists
Death penalty for the rapists of minors- the Union Cabinet had approved of this law yesterday. But is it the…
Read More » - 18 AprilCrime
Minor raped & videographed by neighbors’; mother registers complaint
The nation is triggered and outraged over the Kathua rape case- both online and on the streets. After the horrifying…
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