Section 6 POCSO Archives

Applying mouth to a child’s private part constitutes penetrative sexual assault under S. 3(d), POCSO Act; Kerala HC upholds conviction

The Kerala High Court upheld the conviction of an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, holding that intentional application of the mouth to the private part of a child squarely falls within the ambit of Section 3(d) of the Act and constitutes penetrative sexual assault.

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“No evidence that victim was minor”: Chhattisgarh HC modifies life sentence to 10 years imprisonment for man who raped his niece

In her statement, the victim stated that firstly, her father committed forcible sexual intercourse with her, and after some days when she was sleeping at her paternal aunt’s house, then the convict, who was her paternal uncle, committed the same offence against her.