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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.
‘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
Gujarat Police claims speedy resolution of POCSO cases with five recent convictions
July 11, 2024 1:52 am
The government highlighted the “extraordinary efficiency” of the Gujarat Police in ensuring speedy justice for the families of victims in five cases registered under the POCSO Act in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Kutch.
POCSO report to law minister: Law panel says keep consent age 18, but take less severe look when kids in 16-18
September 30, 2023 12:14 pm
Flags sexual curiosity, suggests changes when ‘tacit approval’ among children
14% conviction in POCSO; in a fourth of cases, accused known to victims, says study
November 18, 2022 7:52 am
The analysis, titled “A Decade of Pocso’’, was carried out by the Justice, Access and Lowering Delays in India (JALDI) Initiative at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, in collaboration with the Data Evidence for Justice Reform (DE JURE) program at the World Bank.
Kerala priest sentenced to 18 years in jail for sexually abusing minor seminarians
May 01, 2022 10:55 am
Four cases had been registered against Thomas Parekkulam, 35, when he was working as a parish priest in 2017.
21-yr-old booked for POCSO, forceful conversion released on bail
February 02, 2022 12:19 am
The man, an RTO agent and an Ahmedabad resident, was accused of abducting a minor girl, having physical relations with her and forcefully changing her religion for marriage.
What next: review petition and a fresh case calling for repeal of Section 377
December 11, 2013 9:40 pm
If filed,the petition will be over and above a review petition in the Supreme Court.
Around Town: Govt asked to appoint prosecutors under POCSO Act in 3 months
November 28, 2013 2:25 am
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Manmohan also expressed its dissatisfaction with the affidavit filed by the Delhi government.
Govt sends out circular on new definition of rape,assault
October 09, 2013 1:23 am
Move comes after two docs who examined minor for assault gave accused a clean chit
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