2012 Archives

Investigation done, Survivor examined: Meghalaya HC grants bail to POCSO accused after a year in custody

Weighing a year in custody against the seriousness of the allegations, the Meghalaya High Court granted bail with strict conditions, including a complete prohibition on contact with the survivor.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Case where trust has been betrayed and social values are impaired’; Chhattisgarh HC upholds conviction and sentence of father who repeatedly raped his minor daughter

“Nothing can be more heinous than a crime committed on the person of a child by her father, the one who is duty-bound to provide her unflinching protection from all harm.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Directions for registration and maintenance of the child care institutions issued to curb crime against children

Supreme Court: Taking note of the rise in the crimes against children, the bench of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ