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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The Meghalaya High Court recently observed that a 16-year-old adolescent can be considered capable of making a conscious decision with regard to the act of sexual intercourse. The Court made this observation while quashing a case against a person accused of offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act). Justice W …
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On June 17, a Kerala Court sentenced face antique dealer Monson Mavunkal to life imprisonment in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for getting into the act of sexually abusing a minor girl. Judge of the Court K Soman said that the accused person committed rape on the …
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MAHESH KUMAR v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) This bail application was filed by the accused in a case registered against him for offences punishable under S. 363 IPC (Punishment for kidnapping), S. 376 IPC (Punishment for rape) and S. 6 POCSO (Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault). The girl had stated to the police that …
