Section 7 POCSO Act Archives

Inappropriate conduct or corporal punishment without sexual intent does not amount to sexual assault; Supreme Court quashes POCSO proceedings against school teacher

Supreme Court observed that while the accused being a teacher, needed to be more sensitive when dealing with young students, particularly girl students, his inappropriate conduct or use of corporal punishment, in the absence of the requisite sexual intent, could not by itself justify prosecution under the stringent provisions of the POCSO Act.

Chest and breast distinction in POCSO cases

Case Briefs High Courts

“Chest” and “Breast” distinction immaterial in POCSO Cases; Grabbing child’s chest with sexual intent amounts to sexual assault: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court held that in cases involving child victims, expressions used to describe the act of sexual assault must be interpreted in the factual context rather than through strict anatomical distinctions.

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Del HC | Pulling down leggings of child victim and touching of thighs is evident of sexual intent and constitutes an offence of sexual assault under S. 7 POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., while addressing a matter wherein a child aged 9 years old was sexually assaulted, held that,