The Supreme Court has prescribed safeguards for POCSO cases involving matrimonial and custody disputes, including arrest procedures, expert evaluation and judicial scrutiny.
New Delhi: A team of Delhi’s Gokalpuri Police Station arrested an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and rescued a kidnapped minor girl, officials said on Sunday. Minor Reported Missing, Case Registered According to police, on June 23, a complaint was received at the police station wherein a woman reported.
Coimbatore: As the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old in Coimbatore jolts the country, West Zone Inspector General of Police R V Ramya Bharathi on Sunday said that senior officers will be coming for a preliminary review of the case. “The only two persons involved have been promptly arrested. In view of the sensitivity of.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted four weeks’ parole to a convict under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to enable him to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court, holding that a prisoner cannot be compelled to rely solely on jail legal aid or consultations in.
Uttarakhand, April 9: A disturbing case from Uttarakhand’s Haridwar has brought attention to athlete safety, after a 14-year-old minor female player accused her coach of sexual assault during a training camp. The victim, a student at a well-known school was alleged to have been forced into the act by her coach who threatened to kill.
In a significant development in the mysterious death of a NEET aspirant in Bihar’s Patna, investigators have added provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to the case. The move comes after emerging evidence suggested a possible sexual assault angle, prompting authorities to widen the scope of the investigation. The case,.
Patna: In the NEET student death case, a court in Patna pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation over its functioning and posted the matter for hearing till March 2. After a lengthy hearing that lasted nearly two and a half hours, the court adjourned the matter until March 2. The entire team of the.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court dismissed the bail application of a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, observing that at the stage of bail, the court cannot scrutinise the evidence and must keep in mind the severity of the offence. A single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the regular bail application.
The POCSO Act (NRAI) suspended a national-level shooting coach late Wednesday night after Haryana police filed a case against him for allegedly sexually assaulting.
