POCSO Act

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for raping a woman in Unnao, UP, in 2017. Sengar will now remain in jail for the remainder of his life. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also…

Keonjhar: The court of the Additional District Judge (ADJ) on Thursday sentenced Sunil Nayak to death for raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Keonjhar district in 2017. The ADJ Loknath Sahu pronounced the death penalty under the…

Puri: A day after the gang rape of a minor girl in a police quarter here, police on Tuesday said that a charge-sheet will be framed against the accused within 20 days. Briefing mediapersons here, DIG (Central Range) Ashish Singh said…

Keonjhar: The ADJ POCSO court here on Tuesday sentenced six persons to 20-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 each for raping a minor girl in Barbil area of Keonjhar district in 2015. The court awarded the punishment under POCSO…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to set up exclusive courts for child victims of sexual offences. The centrally-funded courts will be set up in all districts where 100 or more cases have been set up under the…

Phulbani: In yet another incident, a Class VIII tribal girl of a residential school at Belghar in Odisha’s Kandhamal district has been found pregnant. The incident came to light after the headmaster of the school lodged a complaint with…