Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday, suspending an earlier order by a West Bengal trial court convicting and sentencing an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, observed that an attempt grope the breasts of a victim can only support the charge of “aggravated sexual assault” and not “attempt to…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has suspended the National Film Award for choreographer Jani Master due to sexual assault allegations. The invitation for him to attend the 70th National Film Awards in New Delhi on October 8 has also been withdrawn.Jani Master, real name Shaik Jani Basha, was set to be honored…
DEHRADUN: A special Pocso Act court in Dehradun sentenced a 30-year-old woman to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on Tuesday after finding her guilty of sexually assaulting her 16-year-old step-nephew in 2022, reports Pankul Sharma. This conviction under Pocso Act is the first of its kind in Uttarakhand and a rare instance in the…
HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old rape survivor from Hyderabad’s Jalpally was found murdered on Friday. Her body was found in Katedan industrial area with the head smashed. Police registered a case for rape and murder under relevant sections of the law as well as the Pocso Act, and launched a search for her rapist who is suspected…
TIRUPATI: A local God-man and another man from Renigunta were booked under the protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) Act by the Gajulamandyam police in Tirupati district on Monday.According to Gajulamandyam SI Dharma Reddy, on February 19, the minor girl’s parents took her to the Rajarajeswari temple at Renigunta where they met Kodanda Ramacharyulu,…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has been booked under the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a woman accused the defender of sexually abusing her multiple times when she was a minor.The 22-year-old, in her complaint filed on Monday, said that she came in contact with Varun in 2018…
