Two Minors Sexually Assaulted at Party in Telangana; Accused Booked Under PoCSO
Two seventeen-year-old students were allegedly sexually assaulted at a private gathering in Telangana, leading to the registration of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The crime has exposed the vulnerability of adolescents in unsupervised social settings and the urgency of protective mechanisms.
The survivors, both students of a reputed junior college, attended a birthday celebration at a farmhouse where they were allegedly plied with alcohol before being assaulted by two acquaintances. The accused, aged nineteen and twenty, were arrested within hours after the victims confided in a school counselor who alerted the police. The investigation has revealed that the farmhouse was rented without parental knowledge and that no adult supervision was present, highlighting a regulatory grey zone around private events involving minors. The police have invoked stringent sections of the PoCSO Act, which mandates a minimum twenty-year sentence upon conviction.
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