As per section 21 POCSO Act only those who received credible information directly could be prosecuted for failure to report and not all the teachers or office bearers of the institution also no suppression of information is reported
Acquittal: POCSO: Not conducting a potency test on the accused along with the negative DNA report and lack of eyewitness to the incident creates suspicion about the prosecution’s case
Section 193 BNSS: Directions issued on strict adherence to Timelines for investigation and filing of final report
POCSO: Victim’s contradictory statements cannot form the basis for quashing criminal proceedings but Trial court must careful on misusing this Act
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