POSCO Act News

A shocking incident has come to light in Gaya, where Vipin Kumar, who has been in jail for 18 months, received an appointment letter for the position of a teacher. While in Beur Jail, he cleared the TRI-3 examination, and now the Bihar government has appointed him as a teacher. Vipin Kumar arrived at the stage to receive the appointment letter with handcuffs on his hands. He has been booked under the POCSO Act.  

An FIR of rape read with sections of the POCSO Act was lodged against the accused and his wife. 

The FIRs registered following a Supreme Court order have charged Singh under various IPC sections including assaulting a woman to outrage her modesty (Section 354), sexual harassment (354 A), stalking (354 D) that are punishable with jail terms of two-three years. 

Granting anticipatory bail to certain accused in different cases booked under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. 

At least 2,441 people have been arrested in the state till Monday in the continuing operation against child marriage, launched on February 3.

The victim used to go to the accused's house everyday to study the Quran in Arabic Court also refused to accept the contention of the accused that he was falsely implicated in the case due to religious enmity The accused was found guilty under section 376 AB (sexual assault on a girl below 12 years of age) of the Indian Penal Code

Assam teacher punished for sexually abusing a minor girl Assam court passed a judgment for imprisonment for six years to Sanjib Kumar Ray The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000

The girl was in a relationship with her 21-year-old neighbour Since she's a minor, the man has been arrested by the police under the Pocso Act The girl took assistance of YouTube videos to cut the umbilical cord herself.

After considering all the evidence on record, the trial court found the accused guilty and convicted him The arguments on the quantum of the sentence are scheduled on May 11 by the court

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order which acquitted a man under the POSCO Act The SC said that ‘groping a minor's breast’ without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order

Two girls - one aged six years and the other four years - were allegedly raped in Cuttack and Kendrapara districts of Odisha.

On Saturday, Nirbhaya's father had alleged that the Centre took the decision of approving the ordinance in view of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP leader's statement comes at a time when there is a massive uproar over the cases of rape that surfaced recently.

The Centre has given its nod to an ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors, and Bollywood is all praise for it.

Nirbhaya's father on Saturday said that all rape convicts should be hanged, irrespective of their age. 

DCW chief Swati Maliwal today agreed to end her indefinite fast after Centre gave its nod to an ordinance to amend the POSCO Act.

The father of Kathua rape and murder victim has expressed hope that his child will now get justice after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to amend the POSCO Act.

In the wake of recent rape incidents involving minors, there has been a strong call for maximum punishment for the guilty. 

In the wake of recent and absolutely horrendous rape incidents in Kathua and Unnao, the role of police as the first investigative agency has been repeatedly questioned.