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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FI...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Domestic Worker Trafficking Case — Upholds High Court's Rejection of Compounding and Discharge Orders. Court holds that Section 370 IPC trafficking offence is non-compoundable and that prima facie case exists against accused for wrongful confinement and trafficking.

The Supreme Court of India dismissed two appeals arising from a common FIR involving allegations of wrongful confinement and trafficking of a female d...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Approver in MCOCA Case Due to Long Incarceration and No Likelihood of Trial Conclusion. Right to Speedy Trial Under Article 21 Prevails Over Stringent Provisions of MCOCA.

The applicant, Danish Ali Jamaluddin Ahmed, was arrested on 1 December 2018 in connection with FIR No. 326 of 2018 (later renumbered as FIR No. 36 of ...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Accused in Triple Murder Case — Circumstantial Evidence and Motive Establish Guilt. Accused Raju Birha Convicted Under Section 302 IPC for Murder of Three Persons, Death Penalty Upheld as Rarest of Rare Case.

The case pertains to the conviction of Raju Birha for the murder of three persons, Sunil Kotangale, Kailash Bahadure, and Golu @ Ashish Gaikwad, 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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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 377 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of POCSO Act set aside as testimonies of child victims were contradictory and unsupported by medical evidence.

The appellant, Navin Dhaniram Baraiye, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Special POCSO Case No. 218/2016 for offences under Se...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband, Son, and Brother-in-Law for Murder by Throttling. Eyewitness Account of Minor Daughter Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical Evidence.

The appellants, Arvind Ananda Bandal (husband of the deceased), Bajirao Arvind Bandal (son), and Hanmant Ananda Bandal (brother of Arvind), were convi...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Brother's Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony. Conviction under Sections 302, 506(II) IPC and Arms Act Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Dilip Madhukar Jadhav, was convicted by the 2nd Ad-Hoc Additional Sessions Judge at Kalyan for the murder of his brother Ravindra Jadha...

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Supreme Court Hears Criminal Appeals Against Conviction Under POCSO Act and IPC. Trial Court Conviction for Kidnapping, Rape, Murder and Destroying Evidence Under IPC and POCSO Act Upheld by High Court.

The Supreme Court heard criminal appeals by special leave preferred by two appellants against the common judgment of the High Court of Uttarakhand, wh...