Victim’s marriage to accused and childbirth not grounds to quash POCSO FIR: Bombay HC
The Court observed that merely because the girl had now given birth to a child the acts of the applicants could not be brushed aside.
The Court observed that merely because the girl had now given birth to a child the acts of the applicants could not be brushed aside.
Allahabad High Court concluded that the findings of the court below regarding the offence of attempt to rape in relation to accused persons are not sustainable. Instead, they should be summoned for offence under Section 354(b) of the IPC, read with Section 9 read with Section 10 of the POCSO Act.