POCSO

A Delhi Court has sentenced a 76-year-old temple priest to rigorous life imprisonment for raping two minor girls aged seven and nine years repeatedly, stating that the Court would be failing in its duty, if such predators are set free and allowed to circulate, endangering other children.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response from the Delhi goverment over a petition for creation of Additional Public Prosecutors for the purposes of conducting trials in the Fast Track Special Courts.

The Delhi High Court passed the order in a leave petition against the order of the Trial Court which aquitted the rape accused. The accused was charged for rape of a minor and a case was registered under Section 506 IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act.

A single bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari gave this order while rejecting the criminal appeal filed by Pradeep Yadav.

A three-judge bench of Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant & Aniruddha Bose has disposed off the plea today while appreciating the efforts of the petitioner Kirti Ahuja who appeared and argued the matter in person through Video Conferencing.

In a recent case of alleged rape and murder of two minors, a UP police officer revealed the names of the victims, violating a Supreme Court order against such acts. Many news outlets also published the names.

Mumbai (ILNS): The Bombay High Court recently upheld the life sentence of a 27-year-old man for raping a three-year-old girl in September 2014.

The Uttar Pradesh government has requested the Allahabad High Court to ensure disposal of cases related to crimes against women and the POCSO Act on a priority basis.

The Chhattisgarh High Court today ordered that no coercive action should be taken by the state police against Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking portal Alt News.

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court’s order of a 2-month interim bail on medical grounds to Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, former Uttar Pradesh minister, who is under trial in a gang rape case.