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The Supreme Court of India has taken a thoughtful and progressive stance on the application of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Ac ...
Kerala High Court On Age Determination Of Victims In POCSO Cases And The Limited Role Of The Juvenile Justice Act
Suresh K. v. State of KeralaKerala High Court, decided in January 2026 Background and Facts The Kerala High Court was seized of proceedings ...
Bombay High Court On Partial Quashing Under POCSO And Judicial Caution Amid Ongoing Debate On Adolescent Sexuality And Sex Education
Chandrakant v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), decided on 23 December 2025 Background and Facts The Bo ...
Bombay High Court Clarifies Evidentiary Standards in POCSO and Cheating Offences
Facts The appeal arose from a judgment of the Special POCSO Court, Mumbai, convicting the appellant for offences under Section 376 of the Indi ...
Subsequent Marriage During Bail or Birth of Child ‘Immaterial’ in POCSO Offences: MP High Court Upholds
The matter before the Madhya Pradesh High Court arose from the conviction of an accused for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual ...
Supreme Court Reaffirms Evidentiary Standards And Due Process In POCSO Cases Based On Circumstantial Evidence
Facts The case concerned the alleged sexual assault of a four-year-old child. Late at night, the child was found in a severely injured conditi ...
Supreme Court Seeks Effective Implementation of Support Person and PLV Schemes under POCSO
Date of Order: 11 December 2025 Facts of the Case The writ petition concerns systemic deficiencies in the implementation of the Protection ...
Merely Watching Child Pornography is Not an Offence under POCSO Act- Madras High Court
Introduction: S. Harish vs. Inspector of Police and Anr. (CRL.O.P. No. 37 of 2024 and Crl.M.P. No. 79 of 2024) was decided on 11th January 2024. The ...
In a rape case of a 13-year-old, Bombay HC grants bail to the accused asserting that accused’s relationship as attraction, not assault driven by lust
Introduction: X v. State of Maharashtra (Criminal Application (BA) No. 718 of 2023) involves an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of ...
Punjab & Haryana HC Allows Minor Rape Victim to Terminate her Pregnancy
Introduction: The X v. State of Punjab & Ors. (CWP-29383-2023) is a petition that involves a writ petition filed in the Punjab and Haryana High C ...
Calcutta HC: Voluntary sexual acts with minor won’t be a POCSO case, acquits rape accused
In the matter Ranjit Rajbanshi Vs. The State of West Bengal & others, the Calcutta High Court on 17.09.2021 observed that “If the union is partic ...
MP High Court: Simply requesting the accused not to commit rape of a minor amounts to ‘aiding’ under POCSO
In the matter of Smt. Mamta Tiwari Vs. State of MP & anr, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 02.09.2021 observed that instead of informing the loca ...