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Goa Children's Act, 2003, [12] was the only specific piece of child abuse legislation before the 2012 Act. Child sexual abuse was prosecuted under the following sections of the Indian Penal Code: I.P.C. (1860) 375- Rape; I.P.C. (1860) 354- Outraging the modesty of a woman; I.P.C. (1860) 377- Unnatural offences
Rupan Deol Bajaj was at that time an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S) belonging to the Punjab Cadre. She filed a complaint against KPS Gill, saying that he had molested her modesty by patting her posterior during a party hosted on 18 July 1988 at the Chandigarh residence of then Punjab Financial Commissioner, S L Kapoor. [ 2 ]
The Muzaffarpur shelter case refers to a shelter home that ran under a non-governmental organization called "Sewa Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti" at Muzaffarpur, Bihar, where cases of sexual abuse, rape and torture were reported. In a medical examination, sexual abuse of 34 out of 42 of the girls living at the shelter was confirmed.
The Ruchika Girhotra case involves the molestation of 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 by the Inspector General of Police Shambu (S.P.S. Rathore) in Haryana, India.. After she made a complaint, the victim, her family, and her friends were systematically harassed by the police leading to her eventual su
In August 2024, a male sweeper was alleged to have sexually abused two four-year-old girls at a prominent co-educational school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, India. The case has led to widespread protests and significant public outrage, particularly in the Thane district.
Despite years of lack of any specific child sexual abuse laws in India, which treated them separately from adults in case of sexual offense, the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011 was passed the Indian parliament on May 22, 2012, which came into force from 14 November 2012. [221]
228A. Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences etc. [4] Whoever prints or publishes the name or any matter which may make known the identity of any person against whom an offence under section 376, section 376A, section 376AB, section 376B, section 376C, section 376D, section 376DA and section 376DB [1] is alleged or found to have been committed (hereafter in this section ...
Ankita Bhandari (11 November 2003 – 18 September 2022) was an Indian receptionist from Pauri who was allegedly raped and subsequently murdered at the Vanantra Resort in Ganga-Bhogpur in Rishikesh, [1] Uttarakhand. The case gained much publicity in national and state media due to its disastrous mismanagement and supposed involvement of a ...