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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 ...
Paramount Consideration Is To Be Given To The Well-Being Of The Child Whose Mental Psyche Is Vulnerable And In A Developing Stage: Delhi High Court
In the matter of Prafulla Kumar Sahu v. State of NCT of Delhi, the Delhi High Court on 18th August 2021, rejected the bail application of the Petitio ...
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 ...
Minor Boys Sexual Abuse: An Ignored Reality in India
India houses 40% of children in its total population but is ranked as the 6th most unsafe country for children. There is a myth that boys can’t be se ...
Introduction of Death Penalty and Other Enhanced Punishments: The 2019 POCSO Amendment Explained
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) is a comprehensive legislation that was passed in 2012 to provide for the protec ...
Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Effective Implementation Of POCSO Act
A Division Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice M.G. Uma delivered the verdict in Hanumantha Mogaveera Vs. State of Karnataka while a ...
What does the POCSO Act say?
When working on the Issue of sexual harm and violence, it is important to know Laws that aim to protects various vulnerable groups. An important act ...
HIMACHAL PRADESH HC : “No Means No, The Word ‘No’ Does Not Need Any Further Explanation”
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh in Suresh Kumar Vs State of H.P. denied bail to man accused of raping a 17- year old minor girl and remarked that ...
HP High Court: “He Appears To Be Pervert, Would Make Life of Young Friends Of Opposite Gender Miserable”
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh in Rohit Kumar Vs State of H.P. denies bail to a 22-year-old man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl and remarked ...
Kerala HC allowed quashing of POCSO case after marriage between the parties
Recently, in two cases with similar facts, (Name redacted) v. State of Kerala and XXX v. XXX and Others , the Kerala High Court quashed the cr ...
Bombay HC: Consent of minor immaterial
In the case of ABC v. State of Maharashtra , where the appellant argued that there was a consensual relationship between the minor victim-girl and th ...
Bombay High Court on Right of Child Victim to Participate in Judicial Process
The Bombay High Court in “Arjun Kishanrao Malge vs State of Maharashtra” on 8th April 2021 issued guidelines for the effective implementation of the ...
Delhi HC: FIRs in POCSO cases cannot be quashed even if victim decides to compromise on majority
The Delhi High Court in yet another judgment, Dinesh Sharma and Ors. vs. State on 24th March 2021 (earlier in Sunil Raikwar vs. State in January 2021 ...
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 ...
Mumbai court on posterior i.e. buttocks being private body part
Mumbai court on posterior i.e. buttocks being private body part With rising sexual assault cases, everyday the courts in India have to face differ ...
Madras High Court – POCSO does not cover adolescent teenagers in romantic relationships
In what seems a striking judgment, Justice N Anand Venkatesh quashed a case stating that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO A ...
Delhi High Court – FIR cannot be quashed in POCSO cases even if there is compromise/settlement
In a recent judgment on 29th January 2021, the Delhi High Court had refused to permit quashing of First Information Report (“FIR”) merely on the grou ...
Delhi High Court – Pulling down leggings of a child & touching thighs is sexual assault
With the number of children getting victimized of sexual abuse and assault from a very tender age in India, there has been a rise in cases& ...
Bombay High Court – No Sexual Assault in case of no ‘Skin to Skin Contact’
In the case of Satish Ragde vs state of Maharashtra, an appeal decided before the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 19th January 2020, it was ...