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The Hindu
28-05-2025
- The Hindu
Sivaganga court sentences former treasury officer to 10-year imprisonment for child abuse
A Sivaganga court on Wednesday sentenced a former treasury officer to 10 years of imprisonment for sexually harassing a minor girl in 2018. Rajkumar, 61, who was earlier employed at the district branch treasury, sexually harassed a 13-year-old girl. Following the complaint of the District Child Protection Officer, the Sivaganga All Women Police booked him under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act. As the case was heard in the Sivaganga special court, Judge Gokul Murugan found the accused guilty, sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment and slapped fine of ₹20,000. The court also ordered the State government to grant ₹5 lakh as compensation to the victim.
Hindustan Times
22-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Ludhiana: Man held for sharing minor girl's obscene video
The Meharban police rounded up a Seera village resident for allegedly capturing an obscene video of a minor girl and circulating it on social media. The FIR has lodged a complaint following a complaint filed by the mother of the 15-year-old victim. The complainant stated that the accused was an acquaintance and befriended her daughter on a social networking site. Meanwhile, one day the accused made a video call to her daughter. The accused made a screen recording of the video call and morphed it. Later on, when her daughter stopped talking to him, the accused started threatening her to viral her video. The complainant added that as her daughter denied talking to him, he circulated the morphed video on social media. After they came to know about the video, she filed a police complaint. Inspector Paramdip Singh, SHO at Meharban police station, said an FIR was lodged against the accused under Section 67 (B) of Information Technology Act and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The police have apprehended the accused.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
Teacher accused in Pocso case asks court for abortion
Surat: The 23-year-old tuition teacher who allegedly ran off with her 13-year-old student on Friday moved court seeking permission to abort her pregnancy. The medical examination after her arrest found that she was 20 weeks pregnant. It is yet to be ascertained who the father of the child is, while a sample from the fetus was recently taken for DNA testing. The accused, through her lawyer, appealed to the court that various medical examinations suggest that the pregnancy and delivery could be a threat to her life. "We have approached the court for termination of pregnancy and are hopeful that, considering various factors, the court will give permission. There is a threat to the life of the child as well as the father is said to be a young boy and pregnancy through a young boy can be considered abnormal," said Wajid Shaikh, the lawyer of the accused woman. The accused teacher was arrested under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) on March 30. She was initially booked at Punagam police station after she disappeared with her 13-year-old student on April 25. She was later caught near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border. Before they were caught, the teacher and her student went to Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi and Vrindavan. The investigation revealed that the woman allegedly had physical relations with the boy at her home and other places.
