POCSO Act

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by Krishnakant acquitted the accused who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and fine under the misdemeanor POCSO Act and SC/ST Act in Kamasin police station area of Banda district.

Allahabad high court while hearing an application filed by Rajiv Kumar has said that if the victim and the accused are leading a happy married life along with their four-and-a-half-year-old son then it is not appropriate to run a case against the husband for rape and kidnapping of a minor.

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing the petition filed by Shahid and 3 others observed that once Court below rejected the police report (final report) then Court below could not have taken cognizance upon the Police report.

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by the accused woman allowed the bail application of a woman convicted of kidnapping in the case of a gang rape of a minor in Pilkhua police station of Hapur.

The Manipur High Court c...

A concern was expressed ...

The decision will be tak...

Calcutta High Court division bench disposes of a PIL  filed by   practicing advocate of the High Court alleging improperinvestigation in respect of the incident of rape upon aminor girl by two drunken young men.

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court allowed the bail application of the accused seeking bail under Sections 363, 366, 504, 506, 376 IPC & Sections 3/4 of P.O.C.S.O. Act, Police Station Mitauli, District Lakhimpur Kheri, during the pendency of trial.

Karnataka High Court heard to enlarge the petitioners on bail in their arrest in Crime of Gudibande Police Station, Chikkaballapura District, for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(i)(n) of IPC, Section 5(L), 5(m), 6 of POCSO Act and Sections 9, 10 of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.