Tag: POCSO

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Can sex with wife below 18 yrs attracts POCSO:asks SC

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Can sex with wife, who is above 15 and below 18 years of age, be termed as sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the event of glaring inconsistency with IPC which does not hold it as rape, the Supreme Court today posed this question to the Centre. Section […]

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Husband not guilty of physical relation with wife

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A husband cannot be held guilty of establishing physical relations with his wife, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man charged with alleged kidnap and rape of a minor girl. Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan acquitted the man, a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi, noting that the prosecution failed to prove the […]

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Centre bats for new comprehensive law on human trafficking

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The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that instead of amending certain provisions in existing statutes, there was a need for a “comprehensive legislation” to tackle all aspects of human trafficking. The ministry of women and child development, which along with National Legal Services Authority, was hailed by the court for their efforts to […]

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Man gets 10-year jail for sodomising minor boy

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A man convicted for sodomising a four-year-old boy has been sentenced to 10-year jail by a Delhi court, which observed that the offence was “highly derogatory”. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, while sentencing Delhi resident Surender for the offence punishable under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, also imposed a […]

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Youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor

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A youth, convicted for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, has been sentenced to five years in jail by a Delhi court which observed that it was a “highly derogatory” offence. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, however, took a lenient view considering Arjun’s poor family background and awarded the minimum punishment of five years to the […]

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Madhya Pradesh: Man gets life term for raping friend’s daughter

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A special court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a nine-year-old daughter of his friend at Jaora town in the district last year. The sentence was awarded to Suresh alias Suraj Mali by special judge, SC/ST Act, BC Malaiya, under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act […]

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Delhi minor’s rape: Order on framing of charges July 11

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A Delhi court on Saturday fixed July 11 as the date when it will pronounce its order on whether charges were to be framed against two persons who have been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old in a rented accommodation. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg, who is presiding over the special court under the Protection […]

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