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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 ...
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 ...
Bombay High Court & guidelines on disclosure of victim’s identity
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on 30 Jan, 2021 issued additional guidelines to avoid & prevent disclosure of rape victim's identit ...
Delhi High Court – Delay in filing FIR led to bail of accused
Recently in the case of Shiv Chander vs. NCT of Delhi , the Delhi High Court granted bail to a man who was booked under Sections 376AB of Indian Pena ...
Gujarat HC: No question of relief for offences that shake the collective conscience of society; Court confirms death penalty for rape and murder of a child
In Anil Surendra Singh Yadav vs State of Gujarat , the Division Bench of Bela M. Trivedi and A.C. Rao, JJ., simultaneously heard the petition for app ...
Madras HC: False case by mother shocked the conscience of the court
In the case of N.Chandramohan vs The State , the Madras High Court expressed disappointment regarding misuse of the provisions of the Protection of C ...
Bombay HC on presumption of offences, gives benefit of doubt to a teacher accused of aggravated sexual assault
In the case of Amol S/O. Dudhram Barsagade vs State of Maharashtra , the Bombay High Court rejected the submission that the statutory presumption und ...