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In the matter of The State Vs. S, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on 12.01.2022 upheld the death sentence given to a 26- year- old for agg ...
Rajasthan HC on Non-Reporting Of ‘POCSO Case’: Sometimes Such Matters Aren’t Reported to Save Girl’s Reputation
In the matter of Pragya Prateek Shukla and another v. State of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan High Court on 12.01.2022 suspended the sentence awarded to a ...
Bombay HC Reinstates CISF Constable Accused of Raping Colleague’s 4 Year Old Daughter
On 14.01.2022, in the case of U T Vs. Director General, CISF, the Bombay High Court revoked a dismissal order against the accused due to the absence ...
Delhi HC upholds conviction of man for raping 5 yr old: ‘Penetration sufficient, presence of semen not necessary’
In the matter of Ram Nawal Vs. State., the Delhi High Court on 4th January 2022 upheld the conviction and sentence awarded to a man fo ...
Calcutta HC: If Victim states she was inappropriately touched, the Court shall have to accept her feeling
In the matter P B Vs. State of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on 16.12.2021 upheld a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ...
Allahabad HC orders action against CWC Chairman for failure to follow ‘Junaid case’ guidelines in case of 12-yr-old sexual assault victim
In the matter of Shivani Mishra Vs. State of U.P.; the Allahabad High Court on 14.12.2021 observed that “The victim is illiterate and apparently come ...
Mumbai POCSO Court- ‘Friendliness does not mean the right to engage in sexual intercourse against the desire of the person.’
On 18.12.2021, a Special POCSO Court at Bombay in the case of State of Maharashtra Vs. Satish Jalinder Shinde held that courts must keep in mind the ...
Delhi HC: Purpose of POCSO Act is to treat minors as a class by itself so that an attempt to sexually assault or molest minors entails graver consequences
In the matter of Suraj Vs. State; the Delhi High Court on 10.12.2021 observed that “the purpose of the POCSO Act is to treat minors as a class by its ...
Allahabad High Court: Victim of Rape cannot be compelled to undergo DNA test
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 ...
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 ...