POCSO Act

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Sanjay Kumar @ Pintu asked the newly appointed Advocate General of the state to take appropriate remedial measures so that under the POCSO Act.

The Bombay High Court has observed that touching private parts of a minor and kissing on lips do not amount to unnatural offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

The Delhi High Court on ...

On 19th April 2022 the Supreme Court bench had observed that the maximum punishment prescribed may not always be the determinative factor for repairing the crippled psyche of the offender.

The Allahabad High Court has refused to interfere with the order that a person accused of molesting a minor should not join the police force.

Allahabad High Court while hearing a bail Application has said that Rape is not only a crime against the victim, it is crime against the society as well and is also violative of victims most cherished of fundamental rights, mainly right to life contained in Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

A single-judge bench while hearing a Criminal Revision defective filed by Naushad Ali ordered the trial court to again hear the matter of the accused of various sections including rape and POCSO.

A single-judge bench while hearing an Application under section 482 Cr.P.C filed by Abhay Pratap Mishra @ Ujjwal Mishra disposed of the petition observing that even a minor girl cannot be detained against her will or at the will of her father in a protective home.

The Allahabad High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of an accused who was alleged of raping and having illicit relations with a minor daughter and her mother by threatening to blackmail by certain unsolicited video clips.

The Supreme Court two-Ju...