Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News
The Court noted that the complainant (‘victim’) and her mother, were currently exploring matrimonial prospects, and that the pendency of a criminal case might result as a serious impediment to her future opportunities and personal relationships.
The original judgment of the Special Court convicted and imposed a sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years on the convict. However, the convict had already undergone eleven years of actual sentence.
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, an Indian seer and pontiff was accused of sexually assaulting minor girls and was arrested under the POCSO Act and was released on bail on 08-11-2023.
Kerala High Court hinted that evidence of sexual assault victim could be the sole basis of conviction, provided that the same was of a ‘sterling quality’.