The Supreme Court is trying to ensure that adolescents don't end up being jailed for consensual sexual relationships under ...

People are more aware of the safeguards and the stringent penal provision of the Act now than before. What is the punishment provided for offences under POCSO? Sexual offences against children ...

Here are the differences between the Bengal anti-rape bill and the POCSO Act. Bengal anti-rape bill: The proposed Act increases the minimum punishment from 3 years to 7 years. Under the new Act ...

Have to consider if POCSO ... punishment period was invalid, given the multiple cases registered against him. POCSO case against a lady...This is shocking. We will have to lay down whether POCSO ...

Jaipur: Out of 6,801 pending cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the fast-track ... law increased the minimum punishment for rape to 10 years ...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Friday approved amendments to strengthen the POCSO Act ... 5 and 6 of the Act are proposed to be amended to provide the option of stringent punishment, including ...

There are many sections in the POCSO Act where the minimum punishment is more than seven years in jail. For example, the minimum punishment for penetrative sexual assault under the POCSO Act is ...

It said that in case of gang rape of a girl below 12 years, punishment will be life imprisonment or death sentence. POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act ...