Kar HC | Teacher aged 55 years harassed a student on separate occasions, booked under POCSO, released on bail
Karnataka High Court: H.P. Sandesh, J. allowed the petition and granted bail to the petitioner in connection with a crime registered in
POCSO
63-year-old woman aided her 65-year old husband to commit rape on a minor girl: Can she be granted bail? J&K&L HC answers
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Srinagar: Sanjay Dhar, J., expressed that, in the cases involving offences of serious nature falling
MP HC | Not entitled to keep the amount of compensation paid the State government in the event of a false rape case; Court allows bail
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. deciding a second bail application filed by the applicant in connection with Crime under Sections
[POCSO] Ori HC | Proceedings of the High Court cannot be held hostage to the whims of the investigating agency; granted bail to a CCL
Orissa High Court: V Narasingh, J. disposed of the bail application and restrained the Court to not grant any further adjournments and
Maternal uncle rapes his 14-year-old niece; will subsequent act of him marrying prosecutrix extinguish all criminal liabilities? SC decides
Supreme Court: In an interesting case, the Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R, Gavai, JJ., acquitted the appellant who
Would kissing on lips and touching private parts of a minor be an offence under S. 377 Penal Code, 1860? Bom HC answers
Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., observed that touching private parts and kissing on the lips of a minor would not constitute
Utt HC | Minor contradictions or insignificant discrepancies in the statement of a prosecutrix should not be a ground for throwing out an otherwise reliable prosecution case; appeal dismissed in POCSO matter
Uttaranchal High Court: Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. dismissed a criminal appeal which was filed from jail assailing the judgment and order whereby
MP HC │ Permission to change statement before Court would be dangerous for legal system and it may be also misuse of S. 311 of CrPC; application for restatement after 2 years dismissed
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anil Verma, J. dismissed a criminal revision filed against the impugned order whereby an application preferred by the
Sikk HC | Trial Courts should exhibit sensitivity to the plight of a child victim but they cannot go overboard and stonewall steps that are mandatory to be complied with when analysing and interpreting evidence given by witnesses; Sentence of rape accused modified
Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Rai Pradhan, JJ. partly allowed an appeal which was filed
13-year old gang rape victim allegedly raped by in-charge at a police station: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 13 years old girl
Past pregnancy can be determined on account of permanent changes in the body of a woman: Bom HC
Bombay High Court: While addressing a matter, wherein the accused who was a doctor charged for raping a minor stated that there
Tri HC | Offence under S. 8 of the POCSO Act not been established beyond reasonable doubt; Court acquits man of POCSO charges
Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed an appeal which was filed against the judgment and order of conviction whereby and
Child marriages will have to be stopped and no person can be allowed to take advantage of any such situation: Bom HC
Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., expressed that Child marriages are hazardous to the social fabric of this Country. The applicant was
Tri HC | Statement of the victim show exaggerations and improved versions; Court reduces sentence in POCSO matter
Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed an appeal which was filed challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence
Supreme Court March 2022 Roundup: Notice to BCI on All India Bar Exam; Discrimination of women, disabled persons at workplace; POCSO and more
“Women are subject to a patriarchal mindset that regards them as primary caregivers and homemakers and thus, they are burdened with
Megh HC | FIR and proceedings in Special POCSO Case quashed; Minor ‘victim’ gave birth to child while living with accused as his wife
Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J. allowed a petition which was filed praying to quash the criminal proceedings pending in the Court
Gau HC | Sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents; HC rejects application to enforce compromise
Gauhati High Court: Arun Dev Choudhury, J., held that sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents. An FIR was lodged
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
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
Megh HC | Court affirms trial court’s conviction on the basis of victim’s testimony in POCSO matter
Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and W. Diengdoh, JJ., while hearing an appeal which challenged the judgment of