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Police Sub-Inspector in Bengaluru arrested in Pocso case

Police Sub-Inspector in Bengaluru arrested in Pocso case

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The inspector had got in contact with some chikdren in connection with a case. | Photo Credit: Illustratu9n by Satheesh Vellinezhi A police sub-inspector attached to Amruthahalli Police Station in Bengaluru was arrested on June 29 after being booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, for allegedly sexually abusing minor boys under the guise of interrogation. Police said the alleged incident took place about a year ago when the officer, identified as Praveen, had detained the boys in connection with a murder investigation. He is accused of taking them to a lodge, assaulting them and forcing them into performing obscene acts, which he allegedly recorded on his mobile phone. The case came to light after videos of the alleged abuse surfaced on social media. Following this, Amruthahalli police registered a suo motu case under the POCSO Act, 2012, and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. The investigation was later transferred to Kothanur Police Station. According to police sources, the videos are suspected to have been copied from the accused officer’s phone …

Gymnastics coach sentenced to 20-year RI in POCSO case; school principal also convicted

Gymnastics coach sentenced to 20-year RI in POCSO case; school principal also convicted

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A special POCSO court in Rangareddy district convicted a gymnastics and karate coach and a private school principal in a 2019 child sexual abuse case registered by Miyapur police, sentencing the coach to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and the principal to three years of simple imprisonment. The court convicted Kura Kiran Sai, 31, a gymnastics and karate coach, for sexually assaulting a three-and-a-half-year-old girl under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term of not less than 20 years and fined ₹20,000. The second accused, Chilakamukku Deepika, 37, principal of the private school where the incident occurred, was convicted for negligence and sentenced to three years of simple imprisonment along with a fine of ₹1,000. The court also awarded compensation of ₹3 lakh to the victim. According to the police, the case was registered on June 27, 2019, following a complaint by the victim’s father citing that his daughter had shown signs of distress after returning from preschool and was unwilling to attend school. …

Gymnastics coach sentenced to 20-year RI in POCSO case; school principal also convicted

Man ‘assaults’ minor girl, pushes her off apartment roof

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In a gruesome incident, a 49-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old girl before pushing her from the roof of a residential apartment in Khammam three days ago, leaving her seriously injured with fractured ribs. The shocking incident came to light after the grievously injured girl regained consciousness at a city-based hospital where she is undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). According to sources, the traumatised girl reportedly narrated the horrific incident to her parents late on Monday night following which the latter lodged a complaint against the accused identified as Mohammed Ghouse, a truck driver. Sources said that Ghouse allegedly targeted the minor girl who had been staying with her family members at the apartment complex, where her grandfather is working as a watchman, for the past few days. The accused allegedly pushed the girl off the roof of the apartment complex after assaulting her when she reportedly resisted his rape attempt by raising an alarm, sources added. The Khammam two-town police have registered a case against Ghouse under the Protection of Children …

‘Bad deeds’ can have host of meanings: Why court acquitted 2 men sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexual assault on minor | Legal News

‘Bad deeds’ can have host of meanings: Why court acquitted 2 men sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexual assault on minor | Legal News

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The Gauhati High Court has recently acquitted two men accused of sexual assault and held that the survivor had not specified what she meant by ‘bad deeds’ done to her and “unless the word ‘bad act’ is clarified, the word can have a host of meanings”. A bench of justices Michael Zothankhuma and Sanjeev Kumar Sharma was hearing the plea of the accused that “the evidence of the victim was not reliable” as there was contradiction in the same. The court held in agreement that evidence of the survivor was insufficient and the same needs more support. The judgement dated May 26 read that “unless there is clarification of the word ‘bad act’, the exact deed done to the victim is left open-ended and is not decisive of which illegal act has been inflicted upon the victim.” The bench held that the prosecution had not been able to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. ‘Bad deeds’ The court noted that the survivor had not explained as to what she meant when she …

Archery Coach Kuldeep Vedwan sentenced to five years in prison in POCSO Case

Archery Coach Kuldeep Vedwan sentenced to five years in prison in POCSO Case

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A Fast Track Special Court in Sonipat has sentenced national-level archery coach Kuldeep Vedwan to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a sexual harassment case involving a minor female archer. The court convicted Vedwan under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also imposed a fine of ₹15,000. Along with the five-year sentence under Section 10 of the Act, the court awarded an additional three-year sentence under Section 12. Both sentences will run concurrently. The case stemmed from an incident reported during Youth Championship trials held at a Sports Authority of India centre in Sonipat in April 2023. The athlete had travelled from Jammu and Kashmir, where she was training at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Katra Stadium, an institution associated with Vedwan’s coaching foundation. According to the complaint, the coach allegedly entered the athlete’s hotel room around 4 am on April 7 and made inappropriate physical advances. The athlete stated that she resisted for nearly 15 to 20 minutes before leaving the room and seeking shelter with …

Union minister’s son Bandi Sai Bhageerath arrested in Pocso case

Union minister’s son Bandi Sai Bhageerath arrested in Pocso case

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Bandi Sai Bhageerath, son of a Union minister, on Saturday surrendered before the Telangana police on Saturday evening, hours after the high court declined to grant any immediate relief to him from arrest in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act over allegations of sexual harassment of a minor girl. Cyberabad police commissioner Ramesh Reddy said Bhageerath was arrested at Narsingi late in the evening and was being taken to Pet Basheerabad police station. The Union minister said his son maintained that he had committed no wrongdoing. (X) The Union minister in a statement in the evening said, “I have handed over my son, Sai Bhageerath, to the police for investigation through advocates in connection with the allegations levelled against him.” People familiar with the matter said Bhageerath along with his advocates came to Pet Basheerabad police station in the evening and surrendered to the investigating officers. “After due questioning and medical examination, he would be produced before a local court in Medchal,” a police official said. …

POCSO case: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son fails to get interim relief in HC

POCSO case: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son fails to get interim relief in HC

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Hyderabad, In a setback to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bageetrath in a POCSO case registered against him, the Telangana High Court on Friday night did not grant any interim protection from arrest. POCSO case: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son fails to get interim relief in HC Justice T Madhavi Devi, who resumed hearing in the interim anticipatory bail petition of Kumar’s son Bandi Bageerath on Friday evening, said she was not inclined to grant any interim order at this stage. The judge conducted hearings until nearly midnight and indicated that orders would be issued on the next vacation court day. The counsel for Bageerath requested interim protection from arrest until the orders were released. Initially, the arguments presented by the counsels for Bageerath, the victim, and the prosecution focused on seeking interim relief. However, the discussions later transitioned to seeking anticipatory bail. During the elaborate arguments, the counsel for Bageerath said the court’s hearing of the bail petition has an inherent power to grant interim bail pending final disposal of the bail …

CPI demands immediate resignation of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar over son’s POCSO case

CPI demands immediate resignation of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar over son’s POCSO case

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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay addressing media in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur   Communist Party of India (CPI) Andhra Pradesh State Secretary Eswaraiah on Sunday (May 10, 2026) demanded the immediate resignation of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar from both his ministerial post and Lok Sabha membership following the registration of a POCSO case against his son in Telangana. In a statement, Mr. Eswaraiah alleged that a case had been registered at the Basheerabad Police Station in Telangana against Bandi Sai Bhageerath, son of the Union Minister, under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly harassing a 17-year-old girl. He further alleged that the silence of the BJP leadership over the issue reflected political hypocrisy and an attempt to shield the accused. Expressing concern that a fair investigation could be hampered if Mr. Kumar continued in office, Mr. Eswaraiah said there was a possibility of influencing the probe or tampering with evidence through misuse of power. He asserted …

CM Fadnavis assures fast-track court trial; Opposition raises Shakti Act delay concerns

CM Fadnavis assures fast-track court trial; Opposition raises Shakti Act delay concerns

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads the home department, on Saturday said that the Pune 4-year-old girl’s rape and murder case was “extremely shameful and deeply painful” and promised a fast-track court trial as the Opposition raised delay in Shakti Act concerns. The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh criticised the state of delays in implementing the Shakti Act, a stringent anti-sexual-crime law passed by the Maharashtra legislature in 2020 as leaders across political parties in Maharashtra strongly condemned the horrific rape and murder of the girl. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Allahabad HC Pulls Up POCSO Judge for Ignoring Medical Injuries in Kushinagar Rape Trial

Allahabad HC Pulls Up POCSO Judge for Ignoring Medical Injuries in Kushinagar Rape Trial

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3 min readLucknowMar 22, 2026 01:51 PM IST The Allahabad High Court has sought an explanation from a special Pocso court judge who failed to examine the medical report and injury marks of a minor rape victim, which led to the acquittal of the accused in the case. In its order delivered on Tuesday, a bench of Justices Salil Kumar Rai and Dr Ajay Kumar II also questioned the prosecution for not examining the doctor who conducted the medical examination of the girl and the trial court for not summoning the doctor as a court witness to explain the medico-legal report. The bench observed, “We are pained to observe that trial Judge has not mentioned in the impugned judgment the injuries found on the body of the victim, whereas Circular Letter dated 3rd March, 2002 & Circular Letter dated 3rd March, 1982 of High Court clearly directs the Judicial Officers to invariably reproduce in their judgments, the injuries from the injury reports of the injured persons.” The high court was hearing an appeal filed by …