Child Victim Archives

[POCSO] Delhi High Court issues considerations for Courts while granting bail in sexual offences

While considering matters involving sexual offences, a Court must be mindful that the incidents of sexual violence have adverse effects on the overall growth and development of the said human being, thus it is in the interest of justice and society at large that proceedings are handled with due care and precaution, especially when the Court is dealing with an application for releasing the accused on bail.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Shiver runs down the spine”; J&K and Ladakh HC upholds conviction and sentence of grandfather who raped his 1-year-old granddaughter

“Nothing has improved even after more than a decade of “Nirbhaya”. Women also have the right to life and liberty. They also have the right to be respected and treated as equal citizens. Their honour and dignity cannot be touched or violated”.

Case Briefs District Court

[POCSO] Eve teasing and roadside romeos need to be dealt with heavy hand; Bombay Sessions Court convicts man for 1.5 years for calling a minor girl an “item”

Sessions Court, Borivali Division, Mumbai: In a case filed by a minor girl against the accused for offences under Sections 354, 354-D,

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Delhi High Court| Unfair to quash FIR only because the accused is child victim’s real father having matrimonial discord with mother

Delhi High Court: In a case filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, by an accused who happens to

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court allows termination of 27+weeks pregnancy of minor child victim of 13 years; Foetus to be preserved for criminal case under POCSO

Madras High Court: Abdul Quddhose, J. permitted the termination of pregnancy of 27+ week of a minor child victim of offence under

Case Briefs High Courts

Rigour under S. 33(5) POCSO Act gets diluted once the child attains majority; Kar HC allowed cross-examination under S. 311 CrPC

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J. allowed the petition filed seeking further cross examination of the child victim as the victim has

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether victim under POCSO Act can be permitted to be cross-examined once she turns hostile? Kar HC answers

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order and remitted the matter back to Sessions Judge

Case Briefs Supreme Court

POCSO| Is investigation of disclosure of victim’s identity permissible without Magistrate’s permission? SC gives split verdict

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari, JJ has given split verdict on the issue as to whether the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Can testimony of child victim be trustworthy? HC reiterates law on finding child witness competent

Delhi High Court: Emphasising the reliability on the child victim’s testimony, Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., dismissed the appeal filed and the conviction

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Del HC | Pulling down leggings of child victim and touching of thighs is evident of sexual intent and constitutes an offence of sexual assault under S. 7 POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., while addressing a matter wherein a child aged 9 years old was sexually assaulted, held that,