TMC Councillor In Kolkata Arrested On POCSO Charges, Police Called Locksmith To Break In
After hours-long wait the police summoned a locksmith to break open the gates and entered the councillor's premises. He was subsequently dragged out.
After hours-long wait the police summoned a locksmith to break open the gates and entered the councillor's premises. He was subsequently dragged out.
The apex court declined to entertain a petition against the Allahabad High Court order, allowing legal protection from arrest for the accused to continue.
A boxing coach associated with a private club at Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Stadium has been booked under the POCSO Act after a 17-year-old boxer accused him of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation.
Court highlights how legal action in consensual teen cases can disrupt lives, stressing need for judicial discretion to prevent misuse of child protection laws in such situations.
VHP Kerala State General Secretary Anil Vilayil submitted the complaint to the Kerala Police Director General of Police (DGP) and the Poovar SHO, requesting an investigation under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peetha, reacting to the Allahabad High Court's decision to reserve the verdict and stay his arrest, said that a media trial was being conducted against him. He alleged that the verdict was being pronounced outside the court but today the truth has prevailed.
Both have filed anticipatory bail pleas in the high court to avoid arrest after the Jhunsi police station in Prayagraj registered an FIR under the POCSO Act on the orders of the court.
Swami Avimukteshwaranand further demanded that the alleged CD, which is being claimed to have evidence, should be made public by the complainant.
The police have arrested the accused and booked him under relevant sections of the POCSO Act.
“Issue notice. Meanwhile, trial proceedings shall remain stayed,” the Court directed.
