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Swami Avimukteshwaranand files anticipatory bail plea in high court amid arrest fears in POCSO case
Uttar Pradesh | Feb 24, 2026, 01:31 PM ISTThe complaint against Swami Avimukteshwaranand was filed under Section 173(4) in the District Court by Ashutosh Brahmachari, a disciple of Tulsi Peethadhishwar Swami Rambhadracharya. ADJ, the POCSO and Rape Special Court, Vinod Kumar Chaurasia, had directed Jhunsi police to register a case.
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Swami Avimukteshwaranand walks out of interview as India TV questions on sexual abuse allegations
India | Feb 23, 2026, 11:50 PM ISTAn FIR was lodged in Prayagraj against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple Mukundanand Brahmachari on Saturday on charges of sexually abusing two persons, including a minor, over the past year.
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Pune school principal, PT teacher among seven arrested in student sexual harassment case
Maharashtra | Aug 24, 2024, 12:36 PM ISTSeven staff members from a school in Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune, including the principal and a PT teacher, have been arrested for the alleged sexual harassment of a minor student. The PT teacher, who has a previous record under the POCSO Act, was accused of repeated harassment over two years.
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Yediyurappa should retire from public life for being charged in POCSO case: Karnataka CM
Karnataka | Aug 07, 2024, 03:59 PM ISTThe Karnataka Police had filed a chargesheet under the POCSO Act, alleging offenses including sexual assault and harassment. Earlier, the High Court had barred Yediyurappa's arrest, citing his stature. Yediyurappa denies the allegations, vowing to contest them legally.
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BJP Leader BS Yediyurappa Booked Under POCSO Act | A Look At POCSO And Its Salient Features
News | Mar 16, 2024, 11:34 AM ISTAccording to reports, Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO ACT for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl. Here's a look at the salient features of POCSO and its legal framework.
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Delhi: 14-year-old raped by mother's live-in partner in Burari area, arrested
Crime | Jan 18, 2024, 07:47 AM ISTA 29-year-old man, engaged in a live-in relationship with a woman, has been arrested on charges of raping her 14-year-old daughter. The accused faces charges under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Assam child marriage crackdown: Silchar man sentenced to 25 yrs in jail for marrying 13-year-old
India | May 22, 2023, 11:09 PM ISTThe case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the family of the girl when she did not return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.
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'Women should not wait too long, embrace motherhood at 'appropriate age'': Assam CM Himanta
India | Jan 28, 2023, 08:49 PM ISTHis comments come in the backdrop of the state government deciding to bring stringent laws and evoking the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to check child marriages and underage motherhood.
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Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi arrested under POCSO Act
Celebrities | Jul 07, 2022, 10:24 AM ISTSreejith, son of popular actor T.G.Ravi was arrested for a similar offence in 2016, but he managed to wriggle out after the police allegedly registered the case under flimsy grounds.
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Tamil Nadu: Boy arrested under POCSO Act after teen girl delivers baby
India | Apr 23, 2022, 12:30 AM ISTAccording to police, they received information from the police outpost at Government Rajah Mirasudar Hospital that a 17-year-old girl had given birth to a baby girl a few days ago.
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Touching cheeks of child without sexual intent not offence: Bombay HC
India | Aug 29, 2021, 12:03 PM ISTA single bench of Justice Sandeep Shinde on August 27 granted bail to the accused Mohammad Ahmed Ulla arrested on July 2020 by the Rabodi police in the neighbouring Thane district.
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Men sentenced to life in prison for raping 4-yr-old girl
Crime | Dec 06, 2019, 08:22 PM IST25 yr old man was awarded life imprisonment till death by the POCSO court in Sikar
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6-year-old locked up in bathroom, raped in Kolkata; 1 held
Crime | Dec 06, 2019, 07:42 PM ISTThe accused has been booked under the POCSO Act for rape with a six-year-old girl in Kolkata
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Supreme Court directs setting up of centrally-funded exclusive court in each district to deal with POCSO cases
India | Jul 25, 2019, 01:47 PM ISTThe bench said the Centre would have to appoint trained, sensitised prosecutors and support persons to deal with the POCSO cases and also directed the chief secretaries of states and union territories to ensure timely submission of forensic reports in such cases.
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Man awarded 3 life imprisonments, 26-year rigorous imprisonment for rape and murder of 7-year-old niece
Crime | Jul 17, 2019, 04:08 PM ISTA POCSO court in Kollam on Wednesday awarded three life sentences, besides 26 years of rigorous imprisonment, to a 25-year-old man, who brutally raped and murdered his seven-year-old niece on September 27, 2017.
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Man arrested for sexually assaulting minor in outer Delhi
Jun 18, 2019, 10:43 PM ISTA man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in outer Delhi area, officials said Tuesday.
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Man gets 7-year rigorous imprisonment for sodomising minor in Maharashtra
May 15, 2019, 11:20 AM ISTA court in Maharashtra's Thane has awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to a 26-year-old man for sodomising a minor boy in 2016.
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Noida: Man raped 14-yr-old daughter repeatedly for 3 years, held
India | Sep 28, 2018, 10:18 AM ISTA 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his teenage daughter, who claimed that she was being sexually harassed by her father for the last three years, a police official said.
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Man arrested for raping 13-year-old daughter in Gautam Buddh Nagar
India | Sep 17, 2018, 11:17 PM ISTThe man has been booked under Indian Penal Code section 376 for rape and under the provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
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Maharashtra: 2 minor boys ragged, sexually abused in school; 3 held
India | Sep 16, 2018, 10:24 PM ISTThe victims, in the age group of 9 to 10 years, were allegedly ragged and their private parts tied with 'manja' (string) by the accused, Parbhani's deputy superintendent of police Sanjay Pardeshi said.