POCSO cases

10 years on, court acquits private school administrator, transporter booked under POCSO

August 28, 2025 12:57 am

Chandigarh Court pulls up IO for incomplete investigation into POCSO case, rejects report

August 14, 2025 9:28 am

Directs IO to file a complete report under Section 193 of the BNSS after completing all codal formalities

POCSO and age of consent debate in India: Debunking the misconceptions

August 13, 2025 5:32 pm

This criminalisation of consensual relationships, read along with the mandatory reporting provision, has deterred teenagers from accessing sexual and reproductive health services and put their lives at risk

How judicial discretion decides bail in POCSO cases

July 31, 2025 12:45 pm

The order comes amid ongoing debates about bail jurisprudence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, a stringent legal provision which specifically deals with sexual offences against minors (those under the age of 18).

In interpreting POCSO law rigidly, the Madras High Court has undermined the agency of youngsters

May 26, 2025 10:46 am

The continued criminalisation of young people in consensual and non-exploitative sexual acts should make us question the usage of criminal law to regulate teenage behaviour and deprive adolescents of their dignity and liberty

Mumbai police detain 2 minors for molesting 16-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder

May 23, 2025 12:55 pm

The girl, a Class 10 student, was allegedly groped and kissed by the boys while she playing at a garden near a government hospital in central Mumbai.

FIR against DU teacher for ‘sexually harassing and abusing’ minor student

May 15, 2025 7:32 am

A senior police officer told The Indian Express that a case has been registered against the accused and they are looking into the complaint.“He has not been arrested yet, but the police will soon call him in for questioning,” the officer said.

Two arrested over allegations of sexual assault, forced religious conversion in Bhopal

April 25, 2025 4:38 pm

Those arrested have been identified as Farhan and Sahil, and three Zero FIRs have been registered in Bag Sewania, Jahangirabad, and Ashoka Garden police stations.

Woman and male friend arrested for sexually abusing her 3-yr-old daughter: Mohali police

March 23, 2025 4:04 am

The matter came to light when the girl's father, a businessman who frequently travels abroad, discovered an obscene video of his daughter on his wife's phone and reported it to the police

‘Misguided, outrageous’: Opposition parties slam Allahabad High Court judge ruling on rape

March 22, 2025 4:33 am

In an order on March 17, Allahabad HC judge Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra observed that grabbing breasts and breaking the strings of the girl’s pyjamas while dragging her under a culvert were not sufficient to hold the charges of rape or attempt to rape.