pocso act

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 is established to strengthen legal provisions for the protection of children below the age of 18 years from sexual abuse, sexual harassment and pornography in India.

Recently the Indian government has approved death penalty for aggravated sexual assault against children below the age of 18 years.

The POCSO act defines different kinds of sexual abuses which includes penetrative and non-penetrative assault, sexual abuse, and pornography.

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pocso act News

Man acquitted of sexual assault on stepdaughter

May 06, 2026, 02:02 (IST)

45-year-old arrested for raping teen in Dahanu

May 05, 2026, 21:26 (IST)

Nashik court sentences Surgana farmer to life under Pocso for assaulting two minors

May 07, 2026, 01:59 (IST)

Child rights commission asks DGP to provide status of Pocso cases in state for review

May 07, 2026, 04:29 (IST)

Man arrested under Pocso for sexually abusing 11-year-old girl

TNN / May 07, 2026, 04:14 (IST)

Man gets 20 years RI for sodomising 6-yr-old boy

TNN / May 06, 2026, 03:47 (IST)

Pocso case: HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment

TNN / May 03, 2026, 22:48 (IST)

Man gets 20-year RI for sexual assault of minor

May 02, 2026, 23:02 (IST)

Class 10 girl gang-raped in Champawat; 1 held, 2 on run

May 06, 2026, 23:14 (IST)

Four more arrested in reel-based extortion

May 06, 2026, 01:52 (IST)

Pocso accused found hanging in police lockup

Apr 29, 2026, 06:08 (IST)

Minor girl ‘gang-raped’ for several hours after being lured from Patna railway station; 2 arrested

TNN / May 06, 2026, 00:18 (IST)

In a heartbreaking incident in Patna, a young girl was reportedly the victim of a gang assault shortly after disembarking from a train. Misled by promises of assistance at Patna Junction, she found herself trapped and subjected to hours of torment in various locations.