- Search results for Child Abuse
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 | Unzipping pants, holding minor's hand not 'sexual assault' under POCSO, Bombay HC rulesPartly allowing the appeal, the Bombay HC quashed aside the jail sentence of 5 years under the POCSO Act and modified the imprisonment as per the Indian Penal Code (IPC) | |
 | Sudha Murthy's anecdote gives Kerala boy courage to share details of abuse with his teacher. Here's howThe District Child Protection Unit officer concerned told that an FIR has been lodged and the perpetrator booked under POCSO Act | |
 | Helpline numbers to report child abuse, sexual harassment to be part of school textbooks in Tamil Nadu: Education MinisterA special training programme was conducted by the state government as part of World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse. Over 315 teachers from government, private and aided schools participated | |
 | Kovai Education Dept issues instructions to schools after minor's suicide, school heads accountable in case of lapsesThe department has also instructed schools to not force students to attend any special classes and any such special classes need to end before 5:30 pm | |
 | TN Education Minister: Child safety and sexual abuse awareness programmes in all schools soonThis comes shortly on the heels of the arrest of a school principal in Coimbatore after a teen girl died by suicide due to repeated sexual assault by a teacher in the school | |
 | Police files POCSO cases against 48 YouTubers who revealed Coimbatore sexual assault victim's identitySection 23(2) of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act clearly prohibits such revelation which is why the cases were booked | |
 | POCSO case against principal of residential school for harassing Class 10 studentThis follows a complaint by the Child Protection Officer of Yadgir. Yadgir-Rural Police had filed a FIR against the principal on November 11 | |
 | Child abuse cases in Kerala rise while conviction rates remain low since 2016A total 17,198 cases were registered under the POCSO Act from 2016 to October 3, 2021. Of these, police had submitted chargesheets in 14,496 cases
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 | Puducherry cricket coach booked under POCSO for sexually harassing 16-year-old girl cricketerThe case was booked following a complaint by an aspiring 16-year-old girl cricketer who complained to the Childline that Thamaraikkannan, who was coaching her, misbehaved with her | |
 | Madras High Court orders 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for Puducherry teacher who sexually assaulted UKG girlJustice Velmurugan also noted that culprits are escaping due to technical reasons, and the investigation wing is also not up to the mark. Due to this, the culprits in most cases are escaping, he said | |
 | WhatsApp head blasts Apple over its tools to curb child abuseAccording to 9to5 Mac, an internal memo by Sebastian Marineau-Mes, a software vice president at Apple, acknowledged that the new child protections have some people "worried about the implications" | |
 | Jharkhand Shocker: Four arrested for sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter homeA statement issued by Jamshedpur city superintendent of police (SP) Subhash Chandra Jat, said that the police have arrested the manager of Mother Teresa Welfare trust among others | |
 | US Army trainee arrested after hijacking school bus with 18 children on boardCollazo who was in his third week of basic training with his unit, was in the custody of Richland County Sheriff's Department (RCSD) and charged with 19 counts of kidnapping | |
 | Everyday 4 child victims of sexual abuse denied justice due to insufficient evidence: StudyThe 'Police case disposal pattern: An enquiry into the cases filed under POCSO Act, 2012' by Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation (KSCF), is an analysis of pattern of disposal of POCSO cases | |
 | Missing girl's body found in a field in Aligarh, police investigating allegations of sexual assaultThe victim's family and villagers began looking for her when she did not return home till until late in the evening when they found her body in a field and informed the authorities |
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