Pocso Act
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'Please be decent': Smriti Irani shows a BJP lawmaker some light in Rajya Sabha
India | Jul 25, 2019, 11:13 AM ISTBJP lawmaker Harnath Singh Yadav, on Wednesday, blamed the content on TV and social media for the rise in sexual offenders during the debate in Rajya Sabha.
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Rajya Sabha passes POCSO Amendment Bill 2019: Now, death penalty for child abuse
Fyi | Jul 24, 2019, 11:27 PM ISTThe Rajya Sabha today unanimously passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Amendment Bill 2019. The bill will amend the provisions of the POCSO Act 2012 and provide stricter punishments for sexual abuse on children. Under the new provisions, the minimum punishment for 'aggravate penetrative sexual assault' will be increased from 10 years to 20 years. The maximum punishment will be death penalty.
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Child rapist get death sentence in just a month after crime in Bhopal
India | Jul 11, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTIn possibly the first case after the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was amended to provide for death penalty in cases of sexual offences against children, a special court on Thursday handed down capital punishment for a man convicted of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl.
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Cabinet approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against children
India | Jul 10, 2019, 07:17 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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Six men, including three minors, held for raping 16-year old girl in Andhra
Jun 24, 2019, 06:36 PM ISTIn a shocking incident, a minor girl was gang-raped by six youth, including three minors, for a week in Andhra Pradesh's Ongole town, police said on Sunday.
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POCSO court orders CBI to probe Nitish Kumar in shelter home case
India | Feb 16, 2019, 05:24 PM ISTThe court's order came as it heard a petition filed by accused Ashwani, a self-claimed medical practitioner, demanding an investigation into the role of the three.
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POCSO Act: Union Cabinet approves death penalty for aggravated sexual crimes against minors
India | Dec 28, 2018, 05:35 PM ISTBriefing media persons after the Cabinet meeting, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government has approved the death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under the POCSO Act.
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Odisha: Girl slashes wrist in school after naming principal as rapist
India | Aug 05, 2018, 02:24 PM ISTThe head master of the government-run residential school at Sikhpalli was arrested today after a note was found in a notebook of the girl, Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Meena said.
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MP: Man sentenced to death for minor's rape within 46 days
India | Jul 08, 2018, 07:35 AM ISTPolice completed the investigation in three days and filed a charge sheet on May 25. A total of 25 witnesses were presented before the court, a police official informed.
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Jacqueline Fernandez wants to hug this boy, but he said NO! Here’s what Salman Khan did next
Celebrities | May 30, 2018, 12:57 PM ISTSocial media is angry at Jacqueline Fernandez and Salman Khan for not respecting the boy's consent.
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We should learn to respect our daughters in our families says PM Narendra Modi
Politics | Apr 24, 2018, 04:47 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that his government amended the POCSO Act to introduce death penalty for the rape of children below age 12, to ensure justice to victim daughters of the nation.
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President promulgates ordinance to amend POCSO Act, Rajnath Singh call it a historic step
News | Apr 22, 2018, 01:16 PM ISTPresident Kovind promulgates the ordinance to amend POCSO Act, Rajnath Singh call it a historic step
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Kathua victim's father hopeful of justice after Cabinet approves death penalty for child rape
India | Apr 22, 2018, 08:28 AM IST"It is good if the government has passed the ordinance to award death penalty to rape convicts of children below the age of 12 years. We are hopeful of getting justice," the girl's father said.
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Process underway to ensure death penalty for child rape under POCSO Act, Centre tells SC
India | Apr 21, 2018, 06:28 AM ISTThe Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the process to amend the penal law to introduce death penalty to those convicted of sexually abusing children up to 12 years of age has been initiated.
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Kathua rape case: Accused brought to District Court for hearing
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Kathua rape victim's lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat fears for her life
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Kathua, Unnao rape case: AAP workers tried to hijack public protest in Delhi
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Kathua rape-murder case: Maneka Gandhi to ask for death penalty for child rape
India | Apr 13, 2018, 04:50 PM ISTInvestigations have revealed that the girl was held in a temple, drugged, repeatedly raped and finally murdered to scare the nomadic Muslim community out of the village.
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Govt is not trying to save Kuldeep, the case has been handed over to CBI: Siddharth Nath Singh
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Papon Sexual Assault Case: ‘I felt uncomfortable watching the video,’ Farah Khan reacts on controversy
Celebrities | Feb 24, 2018, 02:29 PM IST'If it was my daughter, I would not like it,' Farah Khan reacts to the viral video of Papon kissing a minor.