Subject Study
- POCSO: Joint compromise accepted by the Hon’ble High Court since the accused married the victim
- POCSO: Delay in lodging the FIR is not fatal to the prosecution case
- Juvenile Justice Act, 2015: Though offences POCSO and Murder have been proved accused acquitted based on procedural illegalities
- Life sentence reduced: No separate sentence for POCSO is imposed while maintaining conviction under section 376 AB IPC
- POCSO: Accused did not rebut the evidence against evidence of victim
- POCSO: Since section 29 of the Act necessitates the accused to rebut the case it is just to recall the witness for cross examination
- POCSO Case: Petition for compromise quash filed by the victim herself stating she wants to marry some other person: Madras High Court after enquiry dismissed the petition on impression that the petitioner was not filed the petition voluntarily
- POCSO: Acquitted based on victim’s statement recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C
- Section 6 of POCSO Act leave no discretion to the court to impose minimum sentence
- In pocso cases section 29 comes into play only after prosecution proves the foundational facts
- POCSO Bail: Direction to file an affidavit to marry the girl after she attains majority
- POCSO Act with murder: Death sentence confirmed
- POCSO: Acquittal: Less IQ for the victim
- POCSO: Evidentiary value of the victim girl
- POCSO: Penetration not proved: Since the victim’s evidence does not establish that there was penetrative sexual assault the accused was convicted under 9(m) of the POCSO Act, which is punishable under Section 10 of the POCSO Act
