High Court of Karnataka Quashes POCSO Proceedings Against Husband in Marital Rape Exception Case — Consent and Marriage Valid Despite Victim Being Minor. The court held that continuing prosecution under Sections 366, 376 IPC and POCSO Act would be an abuse of process when the victim voluntarily married the accused and lived as his wife, as per her Section 164 CrPC statement.
28 Oct 2021The petitioners, Anil Venkappa Kushalkar and his wife Surekha, filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of criminal proceedings in Spe...
