Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court’s conviction order for raping his one year old niece
A murderer destroys the physical frame of a victim, a rapist degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female.
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Allahabad High Court grants bail to accused in a POCSO case, as prosecutrix has delivered his child and was willing to marry him
Allahabad High Court: In a bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) filed by the
Pulling the dupatta of a girl amounts to offence under S. 354 IPC; Bombay Special Court directs compensation of Rs 15000 to the minor victim
POCSO Special Court, at Fort, Gr. Bombay: In a case where charge sheet is filed against the accused for offences
[POCSO] Delhi High Court| Unfair to quash FIR only because the accused is child victim’s real father having matrimonial discord with mother
Delhi High Court: In a case filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, by an accused who happens to
Judicial scrutiny of date of birth for establishing consensual sexual relation not necessary; Delhi High Court grants bail in light of accused being honey trapped
Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a woman alleging rape charges under Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Protection of Children
Gujarat High Court | Acquittal cannot be upset unless reasoning by the trial court is found to be perverse; Acquittal of POCSO accused upheld
Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal which was
Supreme Court sets aside Madhya Pradesh HC’s “utterly incomprehensible” judgment discharging accused in a minor’s rape case for delay in filing FIR
“The facts of this litigation are quite heart-breaking and at the same time, more disturbing is the utterly incomprehensible impugned judgment of the High Court discharging the accused of the offence of rape essentially on the ground of delay in the registration of the FIR.”
[POCSO]Pulling down pants of kid forcefully as a punishment measure; Karnataka High Court denies relief u/s 482 CrPC to the female teacher
“Spare the rod and spoil the child” has metamorphosed into “spare the rod and teach the child”
Meghalaya High Court quashes POCSO charges against man accused of having ‘Consensual Sex’ with minor wife
“It would be an injustice to separate or to divide a well knitted family unit.”
Bombay High Court alarmed by long pendency of POCSO cases; Principal judge to submit causes for delay and unequal distribution of cases
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while hearing a bail application of a man accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old in
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Sexual assault on minors traumatic, destroys personality: Patna High Courts upholds father’s conviction for raping his minor daughters for 6 years
Patna High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Badar and Rakesh Kumar Verma, JJ., while dismissing an appeal observed that a sexual
Delhi High Court: Defense of consensual sexual intercourse immaterial if victim is minor; Bail rejected
Sexual abuse resulting in tying of knot between the victim and the accused in violation of provisions of law or birth of a child, does not mitigate the act of the petitioner in any manner, since the consent of a minor is immaterial and inconsequential in law
Allahabad High Court pained to see minors getting involved in age- inappropriate relations; Grants bail in the interest of infant and minor wife
Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a bail application in a case registered under sections 376, 506 Penal Code, 1860
Madras High Court allows termination of 27+weeks pregnancy of minor child victim of 13 years; Foetus to be preserved for criminal case under POCSO
Madras High Court: Abdul Quddhose, J. permitted the termination of pregnancy of 27+ week of a minor child victim of offence under
Kerala High Court upholds conviction of a father for sexually assaulting his minor daughter
“In a tradition-bound society like ours, particularly in rural areas, it would be quite unsafe to throw out the prosecution case merely on the ground that there was a delay in lodging the FIR.”
Bombay High Court | Right to reproductive choice: Minor sexual assault victim lodged in observation home for murder allowed to terminate pregnancy
Bombay High Court: A.S. Chandurkar and Urmila Joshi-Phalke, JJ. allowed a writ petition which was filed by a minor victim of sexual
Bombay High Court| Slow pace of trial defeating the very purpose of POCSO Act; Court of Sessions to submit report of pending cases, number of Special Courts
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while adjudicating a bail application which dealt with an unfortunate incident of a girl
Man rapes and murders a 7-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl; kills fellow inmate after conviction. SC confirms death sentence
“We could only wonder what more of criminal activity would qualify as blemish, if not the involvement and conviction in a case of murder of a fellow jail inmate!”