The hearing also revisited alleged investigative failures, including delayed registration of rape and POCSO charges, forensic shortcomings and claims that the victim's family faced intimidation after the incident.
On 8 June, the Supreme Court of India set aside the POCSO conviction of Tamil Nadu resident Maruthupandi.
The Koodal Police in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district have registered two First Information Reports (FIRs) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a complaint from a 13-year-old Class IX female student of a school in the district that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her classmates.
An Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge at Paralakhemundi in Odisha's Gajapati district on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl after allegedly forcing her to consume a soft drink laced with an intoxicating substance.
An 11-year-old girl sleeping on a Mehrauli pavement with her family was abducted, raped, and murdered early Monday. Delhi Police arrested the cab driver accused of the crime within six hours.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued detailed guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving the custody of a child who is an alleged victim under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasising that the child’s welfare, dignity, emotional security and psychological well-being must remain the paramount consideration at all stages of the proceedings.
The victim’s family is immersed in deep grief after the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl in Pune’s Bhor area. Amid rising public anger, the father has appealed for strict punishment.
The Nasrapur rape and murder case has triggered widespread anger in Maharashtra. Amid the outrage, Sanjay Raut has launched a strong political attack on the state government.
After villagers spotted the suspect on CCTV, they tracked him to a riverside where they took matters into their own hands before police intervened. The state government has now ordered a watertight investigation.
The accused and the victim girls were medically examined by the doctors at a government-run hospital in the steel township.
