"Other interesting aspects were that the accused in 94 per cent of penetrative assault cases under POCSO Act were known to victims while 99 per cent of victims were girls. Further, over 40 per cent cases were reported from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu," the CRY said.
In a report submitted to the court, senior advocate V. Giri, an amicus curiae in the PIL registered by the court under the title "In re Alarming Rise in The Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents", said: "A short clip intended to spread an awareness of the subject in general, namely, prevention of child abuse and prosecution of crimes against children, should necessarily be screened in every movie hall and could also be transmitted by various television channels at regular intervals."
A four-month-old boy died after his drunk father slammed him on the ground following an argument with his wife at a village in the district.
A minor girl was raped inside the Fort William, Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarter and the accused was arrested, police said on Wednesday.
A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in outer Delhi area, officials said Tuesday.
Member of Lok Sabha from this seat Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday expressed grief over the incident of abduction and killing of an eight-year-old girl here in Madhya Pradesh, and has directed to take strict action against the accused.
"Raja sodomised the students who used to go to his home for tuition classes. He made video clippings of the crime and had been asking the students to bring money for him," the counsel of one of the victims, Aslam Khan said.
Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal said law and order have broken down in the state.
A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district has been arrested and remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a court here for allegedly directing some students to slap their classmate 168 times for not completing her homework.
Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted Friday of second-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for less than one hour before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder, who indicated that he would sentence her on June 3. Arjun faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
"The woman first gave poison to her children and then herself took it", SHO Anil Kaperwan said.
The nine-year-old boy died, two girls in critical condition.
The top court today took this decision while hearing the plea filed by the father of a seven-year-old boy who was killed in his school's bathroom in Delhi's neighbouring Faridabad last year
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Bokaro (Jharkhand): A ten-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour on the diktat of a Panchayat chief in Bokaro district, the police today said. The 25-year-old rape accused allegedly dragged the girl to a
Lucknow, May 10: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed his concern over growing crime against women and children and called for inclusion of moral values in the curriculum of educational institutions.Speaking at the fourth convocation at
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