On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court frowned upon the apparent trend among women filing false complaints under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) to grab money from the State. The Court stated that false complaints are lodged against …
The Delhi High Court recently observed that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) is gender neutral and it is ‘most insensitive’ and misleading that it is being misused. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma stated that any law whether gender-based or not, has the potential of being misused but that it doesn’t …
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While directing framing of charges under POCSO Act against a man despite the victim’s recorded statement under section 164 of Cr.P.C. in which the minor girl admitted that she had a consensual relationship with the accused. In the same context, the Delhi High Court has observed that its hands are tied till any amendment is …
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The convicts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 cannot avail the benefits under the Probation of Offenders Act 1958, the Calcutta High Court observed while upholding a three-year jail term given to an appellant for an act of pawing at a girl when she was walking with her mother. …
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