Section 4 POCSO Act Archives

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“Expected protector became source of suffering”: Madras HC upholds life sentence of father for sexual harassment of minor daughters

“The father, instead of nurturing and protecting his daughters, allowed his inebriated state to overpower his human instincts and parental duty.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘POCSO Act is gender neutral’; Karnataka High Court refuses to quash sexual assault case against Woman

The submission that in a sexual intercourse the male is ever an active agent, and the woman forever is a passive recipient is archaic notion which finds no foothold in the present day.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Convicted u/Section 6 of POCSO Act instead of Section 4’; Patna HC directs release of an old man after 10 years’ imprisonment; enhances victim compensation from Rs 4 to 5 lakhs

The Trial Court did not notice the facts that the offence was committed in 2014 and at that time there was no such punishment as rigorous imprisonment for the remainder of natural life in Section 6 of POCSO Act.