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In the matter of Gulafsa Begum Vs. State of U.P.; the Allahabad High Court on 3.12.2021 observed that a rape survivor cannot be forced to take a DNA ...
Meghalaya High Court in POCSO case: Granting bail on humanitarian grounds not legally tenable
In the matter of State of Meghalaya Vs. Heibormi Dkhar; the Meghalaya High Court on 10.12.2021, while setting aside the bail granted to an accused un ...
Bom HC confirms death sentence for committing rape and murder of a 3-years 9-months old child
A Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ. confirmed the death sentence awarded by the trial court to the accused−appellant ...
Kottiyoor Rape Case: Kerala HC reduced the sentence imposed on former Catholic Priest
In an infamous case of sexual assault whereby the priest of the St. Sebastian Church had impregnated a minor girl, the Hon’ble Judge R. Narayana Pish ...
Allahabad high court: Oral sex with 10-yr-old boy not ‘Aggravated sexual assault’ under POCSO act
In the matter of Sonu Kushwaha Vs. State of U.P.; the Allahabad High Court on 18.11.2021 observed that putting the penis into the mouth of a 10-year- ...
Supreme Court quashes ‘skin-to-skin’ judgment of Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court quashed the controversial judgment of the Bombay HC in a case under the POCSO Act, stating that the most important ingredient const ...
Calcutta HC: Dragging Scarf, Pulling Hand & Proposing Victim To Marry Not Sexual Assault/Harassment Under POCSO Act
In the matter Nurai Sk. @ Nurul Sk. Vs. State of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on 15.11.2021 observed that the act of dragging 'orna' (women s ...
UP Court awards death penalty to a father guilty of raping his own daughter repeatedly for 2 years
Bahraich District Court of Uttar Pradesh, while delivering the verdict in a case where a 14-year-old girl had been repeatedly raped by her own father ...
Supreme Court commutes death sentence awarded to man accused of rape & murder of 5 y/o girl
A 3- Judge Bench comprising of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai in an appeal of Irappa Siddappa (“accused”) who was convicted an ...
FALSE POCSO | The Special Court orders the Minor Girl to return Compensation after the Two Men spent 2 years in Jail
In the matter of The State of Maharashtra vs VVG & PGN, the Special Court on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012 on 8th ...
Uttarakhand HC: Fouler the crime, Higher the proof. Court in a POCSO case acquits due to lack of credible evidence.
In the matter of Akash Kumar Vs. State of Uttarakhand; the Uttarakhand High Court on 28.09.2020 observed that ““In criminal cases, conviction cannot ...
Bombay HC: Abetment by instigation depends on intention of the accused, not on victim’s actions
In the matter of Gaurav v. State of Maharashtra; the Bombay High Court on 1.09.2021 observed that we, as a society, have failed to create an environm ...
Kerala HC: Marriage between victim and accused not grounds for quashing POCSO case when magnitude of rape is grave
In the case of R Vs. State of Kerala, the Kerala High Court on 28.08.2021, held that “When the magnitude of the crime is so grave and heino ...
When The Penetration Is Made Between The Thighs Of The Victim, It Constitutes As Rape u/s 375 Of IPC: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court in Santhosh v. State of Kerala on2nd August 2021 noted that the definition of rape as under section 375 includes all forms ...
Madras HC: Schools to keep a Complaint box to make victims complain about Sexual Assault freely
Justice P. Velmurugan directs Schools to keep a complaint box to make the victims complain about the sexual assault freely and keys of the same to be ...
Supreme Court: Love Affair Irrelevant Ground for Bail When Victim Is A Minor
In the case of X (Minor) v. The State of Jharkhand & Anr; the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that on the day of the incident the victim was barely th ...