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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in POCSO and Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Failure to Prove Age of Victim. Conviction under Section 376 IPC and Section 5(1) r/w Section 6 of POCSO Act Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Establish Victim's Minority and Relied on Contradictory Testimony.

The appellant, Somappa @ Swamy, was convicted by the Special Judge, Koppal, in Spl. POCSO (S.C.) No. 35/2015 for offences under Section 376 IPC and Se...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Failure to Prove Age of Victim. Conviction under Sections 363, 377, 323 IPC and Section 4 POCSO Act set aside as prosecution failed to establish victim's minority and guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Pankaj Dadarao Ambadkar, was convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-1 & Special Judge, Achalpur in Special (POCSO) Case No....

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High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Act Case Due to Inadequate Age Proof and Inadmissible Evidence. Conviction Under Sections 6 of POCSO Act, 366 and 376 of IPC Overturned

The appellant was convicted by the trial court for offences under Section 6 of POCSO Act read with Section 376 of IPC and Section 366 of IPC, involvin...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Consent of Minor Victim Not Valid, but Prosecution Failed to Prove Penetrative Sexual Assault Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Ketan Sanjay Kokate, was convicted by the Special Judge, POCSO, Pune for offences under Section 376 IPC and Section 3 punishable under ...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in POCSO and Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 376 IPC and Section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012 set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, G S Venkatesh, was convicted by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chikkaballapur, in Special S.C. No.12/2016 for offences p...

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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence in Father-Daughter Rape Case: POCSO Act Overrides IPC for Offence but Greater Punishment Applies Under Section 42. The Court held that Section 42 of POCSO Act mandates application of law providing greater punishment, and High Court cannot enhance sentence without appeal.

The appellant, Gyanendra Singh @ Raja Singh, was convicted by the trial court for offences under Sections 376(2)(f) and 376(2)(i) of the Indian Penal ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence and Medical Inconsistencies. Conviction under Section 6 of POCSO Act and Section 376(2)(i) IPC set aside as victim's testimony was tutored and medical evidence showed no injury.

The appellant, Kisan Harinkhede, was convicted by the Special Judge, Gondia, for offences under Section 376(2)(i) IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act f...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Consensual Relationship and Lack of Evidence of Promise to Marry. Conviction under Section 376(2)(i)(n) IPC and POCSO Act set aside as prosecutrix was a consenting minor and no false promise of marriage established.

The appellant, Prashant Ramchandra Kasarkar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge-3, Yavatmal in Special (POCSO) Case 63/2017 for offences u...

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Karnataka High Court Grants Bail to Accused in POCSO Case Due to Age Discrepancy and Consensual Relationship. The court held that at the bail stage, a prima facie case is to be seen, and since the victim supported the accused and age was disputed, bail was granted under Section 439 CrPC.

The petitioner, Arvind Kumar K.S., accused No.1, filed a criminal petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking ba...