POCSO Act Archives

Love affair traversed beyond the legal and moral bounds; Rajasthan High Court quashes Rape and POCSO case against the 22-year-old

Rajasthan High Court: The Court exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (Code), quashed the First

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court| Anticipatory bail is a statutory right not a Constitutional right; Successive anticipatory bail application not maintainable

Allahabad high Court: In a second anticipatory bail application for offences under Sections 363, 366, 376 of the Penal Code,

Case Briefs High Courts

Act of mutual affection between young boyfriend and girlfriend cannot equate with ‘Sexual Assault’ under POCSO Act; Meghalaya High quashes FIR

“In a case of rape or sexual assault, the act not only affects the physical well-being of the victim but would also leave a very deep emotional scar which would require prolonged counselling for the experience and the image to be erased from the mind of the victim. Such an act would have a more profound effect on a child.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[Special Legislations] | Karnataka HC | POCSO Act is a Special Law which can override any Personal Law

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant application seeking regular bail for offences under the provisions of Prohibition of Child

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka HC | In sexual assault cases, DNA report favouring the accused will not automatically absolve such accused of the offences so alleged

Karnataka High Court: While deliberating over the instant petition seeking termination of proceedings under the provisions of the POCSO Act,

Op Eds OP. ED.

The Fundamental Tussle between Bails and Fundamental Rights: Analysing the Vijay Chaudhary Judgment and Determining a Way Forward

by Swarnendu Chatterjee†

Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 66

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

Tracing back 90+ top stories of High Courts from the month of July 2022| Reproductive choice, Trademark, Service Charge, Misleading advertisements and more

Allahabad High Court SC and ST Act, 1989 Section 3 (2) (v) of SC and ST Act, 1989 only attracts by way

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Slow pace of trial defeating the very purpose of POCSO Act; Court of Sessions to submit report of pending cases, number of Special Courts

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while adjudicating a bail application which dealt with an unfortunate incident of a girl

Case Briefs High Courts

Ban the practice of two-finger test on victims of sexual offences by medical professionals: Madras HC to State

Madras High Court: Stating that two-finger test cannot be permitted to be continued, the Division Bench of R. Subramanian and N. Sathish

Case Briefs High Courts

If a girl runs away voluntarily without any persuasion, can boy with whom she eloped be held responsible for abducting the girl? Chh HC explains

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deepak Kumar Tiwari, J., held that, when the accused has not played any active role or persuaded the victim

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Minor girl students raped and subjected to penetrative sexual assault by their teacher: Sanctity of Teacher-Student relationship polluted

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Polluting the sanctity of the relationship of the teacher and students, a teacher committed rape and penetrative sexual

Case Briefs District Court

Every common woman travelling in public transport have experienced incidents of inappropriate touch by male gender, but ignored: Is this the reason why such assaults go unreported? Read detailed decision on one such incident

Court of Special Judge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Fort Greater Mumbai: Expressing that essence of a

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Sexual perversity is a social menace’: Cal HC upholds order of framing charges against Stepfather; Lays guidelines for effective protection of child victim’s identity under POCSO Act

Calcutta High Court: While expressing that, Sexual perversity is not only a personal disease, but also a social menace; The act itself

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Purpose of POCSO Act is to treat minors as a class by itself so that an attempt to abuse minor entails graver consequences’: Del HC stresses upon purpose of POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: While observing that, rape is an offence which not only violates the physical body of the survivor but is

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Hang by neck till dead’: Bom HC confirms death sentence in a rarest of rare cases for committing rape and murder of a 3-years 9-months old child

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ. confirmed the death sentence awarded by the

Case Briefs High Courts

POCSO | Putting penis into mouth will fall under which category – Aggravated Sexual Assault or Penetrative Sexual Assault? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Anil Kumar Ojha, J., while addressing a matter of child sexual assault, expressed that, Putting penis into the mouth

Case Briefs High Courts

Conviction can be based on Testimony of Child Witness: Is it obligatory for a Judge to ask the child whether he/she is able to understand questions put to her? Bom HC [Full Story]

Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., opined that where the witness is of tender age (as in the instant case before the

Case Briefs High Courts

[Rape] Kar HC | Guilt of the accused can be established only after examination of all the witnesses as desired by the prosecution; Matter remitted back to adduce necessary evidence

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of G I Narendar and M I Arun JJ. allowed the appeal and set aside the

Case Briefs High Courts

Fear of stigma, not being believed and being blamed: 17-year-old girl leaving a note to her mother explaining ill deeds of her uncle who sexually harassed her, ended her life | Bom HC delves to know what happened

Bombay High Court: Sexual violence knows no boundaries, it occurs in every country, across all parts of society, Bharati Dangre, J., while

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Schools to keep a complaint box to make victims complain about sexual assault freely

Madras High Court: P. Velmurugan, J., directs Schools to keep a complaint box to make the victims complain about the sexual assault