Kochi, July 2 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday declined to grant protection from arrest to the husband of the viral Kumbh Mela artist in the child marriage case registered against him, directing him to seek appropriate relief before the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The order comes as a significant setback to the accused, Mohammed Farmaan Khan, who is facing allegations of contracting a marriage with a minor.The High Court refused to entertain his plea seeking protection from coercive action…
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Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) The J&K High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar granted bail to the accused, observing that while a minor’s consent has no legal validity, the factual circumstances surrounding a consensual adolescent relationship can be considered while deciding a bail application.The accused was arrested in connection with an FIR registered at Police Station Magam, where the …
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police has arrested a 38-year-old man on charges of sexually abusing a minor student in Bhubaneswar, said a police official on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Niranjan Mishra of the Mancheswar police station area of Bhubaneswar city. The victim, an undergraduate student at a local college, allegedly came into contact with the accused, who runs a coaching centre in the Saheed Nagar area of the city, a couple of months ago.According to the com…
Ahmedabad, June 20 (IANS) A 49-year-old government school teacher has been arrested after a 13-year-old student alleged that he was sexually harassed inside a school computer room in Dholka town of Ahmedabad district, police said on Saturday. According to the police complaint, the incident allegedly took place on June 17 between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. at Kumar School No. 4 in the Bamanpith area of Dholka.Investigators said the accused, identified as Vijaykumar Solanki, allegedly called the student…
Coimbatore, June 10 (IANS) The Coimbatore District Police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet before a special court in the case relating to the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old girl near Sulur last month. The 819-page chargesheet, containing 104 prosecution witnesses and 215 documents, was submitted before the Special Court for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The document was e-filed on Tuesday by the investigating team headed …
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Bengal Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Jasimuddin, a Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on charges of molestation and harassment of a minor girl. With this, a total of eight Trinamool Congress councillors of KMC have been arrested over various charges since the change of government in the state.Jasimuddin is a Trinamool councillor of ward number 39 in Jorasanko area in central Kolkata. He was arrested from his house in the afternoo…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The police have raided the residence of Trinamool Congress councillor Mohammad Jasimuddin in Jorasanko in central Kolkata, officials said on Sunday.The officers of the Jorasanko police station reached his house adjacent to College Street along with Central forces. While the Central force jawans were standing outside the house, police officers tried to enter the house to question the councillor.However, it was reported that the Trinamool leader had not opened the door. The …
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) A sexual assault of a minor by a retired but re-employed doctor has been reported at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash District Civil Hospital (LNJP) in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.The accused, Dr Shailender Kumar Shally, who is absconding, had retired as Principal Medical Officer from the hospital but was re-employed as a consultant at the government hospital.The victim has been admitted after complaining of stomach pain. It is alleged that Shailendra Shally, a consultant doctor a…
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Cyberabad police continued questioning Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case for the third day on Friday. MoS Bandi Sanjay’s son will be produced before a trial court at Malkajgiri later in the day today.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was questioning him at Pet Basheerabad Police Station, where the case was registered against him on May 8.The SIT, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Ritiraj, is reported…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) Cyberabad police on Wednesday began interrogating Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhageerath in a POCSO case.The day after the trial court granted police custody of Bhageerath for three days, a police team from Pet Basheerabad Police Station took him into custody from Cherlapalli Prison.After the medical examination, the police shifted him to the police station for questioning.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kukatpally, Ritiraj, w…