Utt HC | Bail granted in a case registered under POCSO Act where accused had no criminal history
Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application filed for grant of regular bail in connection with the offences
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Utt HC | Personal liberty is very precious fundamental right and it should be curtailed only when it becomes imperative; Court allows bail application to accused booked under POCSO
Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application filed for grant of regular bail in connection for the offences
HP HC | Court is under Constitutional obligation to safeguard the interests of the victim, accused, society, and State; Bail granted
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J., allowed a bail petition of an accused who was under arrest due to an FIR
Guj HC | No question of relief for the offences that shake the collective conscience of society; Court confirms death penalty in rape and murder case under POCSO Act
Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Bela M. Trivedi and A.C. Rao, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed on being aggrieved by
Sikk HC | Conviction for “Gang Rape” of a minor child upheld; Victim’s deposition corroborated with forensic evidence cannot be doubted
Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench of Bhaskar Raj Pradhan and Meenakshi Madan Rai, JJ., while upholding the impugned judgment of the
Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld where minor had misrepresented her age
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed a criminal leave petition filed by the State challenging
Madras HC | Wife falsely alleges husband of sexual assault with their 11-year old daughter; Shook the conscience of the Court
Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J. while addressing a petition expressed disappointment in respect to the manner in which POCSO Act
Cal HC | Statutory presumption under S. 29 POCSO Act cannot be applied where prosecution fails to establish primary facts constituting the offence
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. allowed an appeal and set aside the conviction and
NHRC notice to — DGP, Haryana over gang rape of a Dalit girl in Nuh
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 12-year-old Dalit girl in Nuh
Del HC | Conviction under POCSO set aside where Amicus Curiae found to make no serious efforts to defend the accused
Delhi High Court: In view of the failure of justice on account of lack of effective cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, Sanjeev Sachdeva,
Sikkim HC | Conviction under POCSO Act maintained on failure of rebutting presumption of culpable mental state
Sikkim High Court: A Bench of Vijay Kumar Bist, C.J., and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed an application filed against the judgment of
Direction requiring advance submission of cross-examination questionnaire under the POCSO Act procedurally improper as it defeats the accused’s right to fair trial
Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sunil Thomas, J. set aside the order of Sessions Judge requiring advance submission
Petition for termination of 28 weeks old pregnancy of a minor girl rejected: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rakesh Kumar Jain, J., refused to grant permission to terminate pregnancy
Carceral period should reform the convict; directions issued for reformation of appellant incarcerated in Tihar Jail
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Anu Malhotra, J. dismissed an appeal for reduction of sentence of the appellant
Rape of 12-year minor and death thereafter not “rarest of the rare case”: MP HC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of J.K.Maheshwari and Akhil Kumar Srivastava, JJ., addressed the issue of rape and murder
Man convicted under POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault on his daughter
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment
Conviction under POCSO Act upheld on appellant’s failure to rebut presumption of ‘culpable mental state’
Sikkim High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Meenakshi Madan Rai, Acting CJ, dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment
Calcutta HC issues directions as ‘standard operating procedure’ for investigation and prosecution of crime
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravi Krishan Kapur and Joymalya Bagchi JJ., issued directions in a case involving commercial
Penetration is not sine qua non to constitute sexual assault under Section 8 POCSO Act
Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Shivakant Prasad, J. dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the appellant against the
Rape accused given reduced sentence due to occurrence of the offence before enforcement of Criminal (Amendment) Act, 2013
Gauhati High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Hitesh Kumar Sarma, J., convicted the accused-appellant under Section 376(1) of the IPC,