{"id":295097,"date":"2023-06-21T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=295097"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:21:45","slug":"life-imprisonment-under-ipc-sec-376-greater-punishment-sec-42-pocso-act-kerala-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/21\/life-imprisonment-under-ipc-sec-376-greater-punishment-sec-42-pocso-act-kerala-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Life imprisonment under Sec 376, IPC a greater punishment in accordance with Sec 42 of POCSO Act: Kerala High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><b>Kerala High Court:<\/b> In suo motu proceedings against order dated 10-07-2019 challenging the accused&#8217;s conviction and sentence for offences punishable under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">376<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;) and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012<\/a> (&#8216;POCSO Act&#8217;), the Division Bench of P.B. Suresh Kumar and C.S. Sudha, JJ. clarified that punishment of life imprisonment was greater punishment under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The accused was the father of the victim, and the victim was living at a Child Care Home with her younger sister after her mother&#8217;s death, who would visit the accused during holidays. The accused was sentenced to life imprisonment for an offence punishable under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POCSO Act<\/a>. The Court expressed through order dated 10-07-2019 that the suo motu proceedings were initiated on the ground that the decision was against the provision under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POCSO Act<\/a>, which provides for punishment of a higher degree in case of alternative punishment in any other law for the same act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed towards the allegations against the accused in the instant matter, who committed rape on victim on two occasions, i.e., September 2011 and December 2013. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POCSO Act<\/a> came into force on 14-11-2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court in the Criminal appeal against sentence held about insufficiency of evidence on record to hold the accused having committed sexual assault on the victim in September 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POCSO Act<\/a> at the time of commitment of offence provided for &#8220;punishment with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than seven years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine.&#8221; On the other hand, in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;) provided for &#8220;a punishment with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years, but which may be for life as well and shall also be liable to fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court expressed that even though the punishment under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">376<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPC<\/a> was greater in degree at the relevant time, the accused being sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life which was the maximum under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPC<\/a>. The Court refused to proceed with the case further and closed it accordingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Suo Motu proceedings v. State of Kerala, Criminal Reference Case No. 5 of 2019, Order dated 16-06-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Order by: Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\">For Complainants: Special Government Pleader Ambika Devi S., Advocate M.P. Madhavankutty, Advocate Anoop Sathyan, Advocate Mathew Devassi, Advocate Ananthakrishnan A. Kartha, Advocate Remya M. 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