POCSO cases

Child survivor’s ‘vocabulary’ prompts Delhi High Court to uphold man’s POCSO conviction

January 10, 2026 3:05 pm

Delhi High Court Child Abuse Case: Justice Neena Bansal Krishna was hearing a plea of a man against the trial court order, where he was convicted for seven years' imprisonment under the provisions of the POCSO Act.

Meghalaya High Court grants bail to 24-year-old youth in POCSO case, cites ‘romantic relation’

January 06, 2026 1:06 pm

Meghalaya High Court Grants Bail in POCSO Case: Justice Diengdoh has granted bail to accused in the POCSO case referring the apex court's judgement that punishing an adolescent who enters relationship with minor girl by treating him as offender was never objective of Act.

Success stories under Mission Vihaan | Cricket, classes & exams: Inside Bihar’s Sasaram jail, quiet reforms

January 04, 2026 10:29 am

From allowing inmates to design spaces and encouraging them to resume abandoned education to running recreational radio programmes that prepare them for life beyond prison, Sasaram division prison stands apart among Bihar’s 60 jails for initiatives taken over the last 1.5 years.

Uttarakhand High Court stays house demolition of Nainital man accused of minor's rape

December 16, 2025 4:43 pm

Nainital Rape Case Update: The Uttarakhand High Court had pulled up authorities for failing to curb communal tensions in the hill town following the incident in May.

Sexual offences involving children can’t be nullified based on compromise: Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR in POCSO Case

December 04, 2025 2:40 pm

Delhi HC POCSO Act ruling: The court said that such acts cannot be legitimised or condoned by exercise of high court’s inherent jurisdiction under Section 528 (powers to quash FIR) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

‘Can’t make exception because victim says relationship is consensual’: Delhi HC refuses to quash POCSO case against man

November 21, 2025 11:01 am

Refuses to quash FIR against man booked under POCSO for marrying minor

BJP MLA gets interim pre-arrest bail in POCSO case

November 11, 2025 9:28 pm

The counsel argued that the case was politically motivated and meant to malign the image of the MLA.

Three special courts in Delhi to deal with POCSO cases against former parliamentarians

October 16, 2025 2:03 am

Earlier in July 2023, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena had approved the setting up of three special courts to deal with such cases against sitting MPs and MLAs. This ambit has now been expanded to deal with cases against former MPs and MLAs as well.

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