POSCO Act

5 September 2019, 12:24 PM

Surajit Ganguly employed with the Goa Swimming Association (GSA), is accused of molesting a 15- year-old girl who was training under him.

Bail to school headmistress jailed under POCSO Act

2 August 2019, 01:43 AM

The Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha heard arguments in part and suspended the remaining sentence awarded to her while sum...Read More

Indore: Seminar helps parents understand POCSO Act

14 June 2019, 06:02 AM

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 was enacted to provide a robust legal framework for the protection of c...Read More

Man seeks quashing of FIR in kidnapping case, Bombay HC directs him to marry girl first

By FPJ Web Desk

9 May 2019, 07:08 AM

A man filed a petition of quashing FIR against him in a kidnapping case but Bombay High Court denied his plea. The court told him that th...Read More

Telangana: Govt school headmaster booked for misbehaving with girl students

5 February 2019, 07:44 AM

Hyderabad: A 57-year-old headmaster of a government school in Khammam district, about 300 kms from here, has been booked under POCSO Act ...Read More

Mumbai: Father gets life term for raping daughter

28 September 2018, 02:44 AM

Mumbai: A special court designated to hear cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sentenced a 40-year-ol...Read More

Mumbai: Man acquitted under POCSO for marrying victim

21 September 2018, 05:09 AM

Mumbai: A special court earlier this week, acquitted a 24-year-old man under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,...Read More

Jammu and Kashmir: 19 children rescued during raid at orphanage in Kathua after sexual assault complaint

8 September 2018, 10:23 AM

Jammu: At least 19 children, including eight girls, have been rescued from an unregistered orphanage in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua distri...Read More

“Capital punishment for raping minors”, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

6 July 2018, 03:18 AM

Mumbai: Addressing the concerns over growing rape incidents in his state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said it is ...Read More

Mankhurd: Stepfather convicted for sexually assaulting minor daughter

3 July 2018, 03:17 AM

Mumbai: The special court designated to hear cases under POCSO convicted a 43-year-old Mankhurd resident and sentenced him to seven years...Read More

2 men sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping minor girls

27 June 2018, 03:56 AM

Mumbai: Two men were convicted and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in different cases, for sexually assaulting and raping min...Read More

POCSO Act: Parents of minor rape victims are against death penalty, urge government to strengthen judiciary

23 April 2018, 02:50 PM

New Delhi: Not just child right activists, even parents of minor victims today came out against the Union government’s ordinance providin...Read More

Bhopal: Distraught victims battling to get their abductors, rapists acquitted

5 March 2018, 03:36 AM

Police forced to press serious charges against men eloping with their minor lovers

Ujjain: Minor girl molested