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High Court Quashes FIR in Criminal Petitions Under BNSS, 2023 Due to False Allegations of Physical Relationship on Pretext of Marriage. Petitioners Acquitted as Proceedings Deemed Abuse of Process

The High Court of Karnataka heard two criminal petitions filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) seeking to quash a...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa confirmed conviction of Appellant in Sexual Assault Case Under IPC and Goa Children's Act Due to consistent Evidence and Corroboration

The Appellant was convicted by the Children's Court for offences under Sections 341, 354, 375(b), and 376(2)(i) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) r...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act Despite Victim's Consent and Cohabitation. Consent of a Minor Is Irrelevant for Offences Under the POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC, and the High Court Exceeded Its Jurisdiction by Acquitting Based on Such Consent.

The Supreme Court of India dealt with a suo motu writ petition and a criminal appeal arising from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court. The backgroun...

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Bombay High Court Allows State Appeal in POCSO Case, Sets Aside Acquittal of Father for Rape of Minor Daughter. Delay in FIR Lodging Held Not Fatal in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Due to Unique Victim-Offender Relationship.

The State of Goa, through the Police Inspector of Canacona Police Station, appealed against the judgment of the Children's Court at Goa which acquitte...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Process Against Senior Citizen Parents-in-Law in Domestic Violence Case. No Domestic Relationship Established as Daughter-in-Law Never Resided with Them in Shared Household Under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

The present criminal application was filed by two senior citizens, aged 73 and 67 years, seeking quashing of the process issued against them by the Ju...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Child Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 376(2)(f) IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Damodhar Rambhau Inchal, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad in Sessions Case No. 102 of 2008 for offences under...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Petition Challenging Domestic Violence Complaint by Wife and Son. Long Separation Does Not Bar Complaint Under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005; Son is an Aggrieved Person.

The petitioner, Kishor Kale, filed a criminal writ petition challenging the proceedings in Misc. Criminal Complaint Case No.314/2007 filed by his wife...