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One of the primary pieces of legislation governing instances of child sexual abuse is the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (“POC ...
Teens Engage in Sexual Activities Unmindful of the Consequences under POCSO Act
Observation given by the court(Consequences under POCSO Act): While showing concerns on alarming rise in the number of sexual offences against the ...
Allahabad High Court grants bail to POCSO accused on condition to take care of victim/wife for the sake of New Born Child
A bail application was filed in a case under offences of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2 ...
Appreciating hands cannot amount to Sexual intent, POCSO case quashed: Meghalaya HC
This application was brought by the accused in the Hon’ble Meghalaya High Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C, with a prayer to set aside and quash the cr ...
Gujarat High Court grants bail to 16-year-old accused of committing unnatural sex with 13-year-old
A Criminal Revision Application was filed under Sec-102 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 for setting aside and quashing the orders passed by Sessions Co ...
Jammu & Kashmir HC denies bail to aged woman booked for abetting minor’s rape
An application was filed under Sec-439 CR.P.C. for seeking bail in a case arising out of FIR for offences punishable under Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1 ...
Sexual Harassment of Children in Schools: SC seeks response from Union and Central Government
The Supreme Court issued a notice in a writ petition seeking protection of children from any kind of harassment including the sexual harassment being ...
Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO): Understanding from Legal & Psycho-Social Lens(20th May 2022)
Agenda – National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reported that total number of child pornography / rape & gang rape complaints lodged in National ...
“Punjab and Haryana HC: Parents of child victims of sexual abuse cannot enter into compromise with the accused”
The petitioner requested to quash the FIR registered under Sections 452 and 506 of IPC and Section 3 of SC/ST Act and Section 8 of the Protectio ...
P.T Teacher Charged Under POCSO, Granted Bail: Karnataka High Court
The said criminal petition was filed under Section 439 OF Cr.P.C for the offence punishable under Sections 8 (Punishment for sexual assault.) a ...
Bail Denied, Betrayed Wife and Trust of a Minor Girl: Allahabad High Court
The said application was brought under 439 CrPC before the Allahabad High Court of a married man who was accused of trying to convert the prosecutrix ...
Mental Intention Can be Proved By Disrobing of Victim: Calcutta High Court
The said case was brought in the Calcutta High Court by the appellant/accused challenging his conviction under ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’ of the Pro ...
SC sets aside man’s conviction under POCSO as he is married to survivor
The bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai sets aside the conviction of a man accused in a POCSO case after noticing that he had married the ...
Allahabad High Court rejected a bail in POCSO Case, said facts are shocking and inhumane
An application was filed seeking bail in a case under offences of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Indian Penal Code ...
SC commuted death sentence of a man guilty of raping and killing a minor
In the case of M.F. vs State of Madhya Pradesh, the Apex Court of India on 19th April 2022 mitigated the death sentence to life imprisonment imposed ...
Sexual Abuse of Minor Children by Mahant is Non-Comparable: POCSO Court, Lucknow
A bail application was denied by the local courts of Lucknow of a Mahant of Badi Kali Ji Temple, who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting m ...
Bombay HC Grants Bail To A Man Accused Of Raping Minor Niece
In the matter of B.A.K. vs The State of Maharashtra &Anr., the Bombay High Court on 02nd May 2022 granted bail to a man from Pune accused of rapi ...
A Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail By Special POCSO Court For Impregnating 15-Year-Old Minor
In the case of The State of Maharashtra vs R.C.J., the Special Court in Mumbai on 28th April 2022, convicted a man for sexually assaulting and impreg ...
Delhi High Court denies bail to man accused of raping toddler despite complainant, father turning ‘hostile’
A Petition was filed by the petitioner under Sec-439 CR.P.C seeking regular bail in FIR under the offences punishable under Indian Penal Code (IPC), ...
Children & Vulnerability to Sexual Violations (22nd Apr 2022)
Overview – What makes children vulnerable to sexual assault & sexual harassment?What makes people perpetrate sexual violence on children ...
Madras High Court Grants Conditional Bail To Accused In A POCSO Case
A Criminal Original Petition was filed under Sec-439 of CR.P.C. praying to enlarge the petitioner on bail charged for offences under Protection of Ch ...