POCSO Act

A single Bench of Delhi High Court passed this order to deny anticipatory bail to the owner of a hotel where a 16-year old minor girl was allegedly kept and raped for four days while hearing a Bail Application filed by Ajay Kumar.

The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh police for dealing with the molestation case of a 15-year-old girl in a very casual and insensitive manner, stating that due to the careless attitude of Police, the victim committed suicide after five days of the incident.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to continue the security provided to the petitioners and to file its status report in a plea seeking judicial inquiry & constitution of a court-monitored SIT filed by parents of a nine-year old gild child who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered.

A Single Gujarat High Court bench has heard an appeal where the challenge is made to the judgment and passed by the Special Judge (POCSO) and 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Junagadh dated 15.07.2021.

The petitioner Kerala Rape Survivor says this has been filed according to her wish. But earlier Vadakkumchery had approached the Kerala High Court with a similar prayer which had been turned down given the nature of the crime.

The plea, filed by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association, sought direction to the government to create and make appointments to Additional Public Prosecutors (APPs) and also send a proposal for the creation of two such posts in each fast-track and POSCO court

The case of the prosecution is that on June 27, 2020, at 17.38:51 hours, the petitioner browsed, downloaded, and transmitted child pornographic material by using his Sim through his e-mail and Facebook account.

A single-judge bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohiri has noted that the trial court also awarded compensation of Rs 2 lac to the Child Victim.

Vikas has challenged the Delhi High Court order wherein his regular bail was dismissed. The petitioner is charged for the offence under sections 376B, 342 IPC and section 6 read with section 5(m) of the POCSO Act.

Dinesh Tiwari appearing as a counsel for the applicants claimed that allegations against his clients are baseless with different inconsistencies in the evidence of witnesses and material omissions.