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Bombay High Court Acquits Two Convicts in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction for Gang Rape and Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case involves two appeals by convicts Ananda Sawant and Kunal Gaikwad against their conviction by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhokar in Special...

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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Brutal Rape and Murder of Two-Year-Old Child. Circumstantial Evidence and Medical Testimony Confirm Guilt Under Sections 302, 363, 376, 377 IPC.

The case involves the brutal kidnapping, rape, unnatural offence, and murder of a two-year-old girl by the appellant, Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare, in Jalna...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Lookout Circular Issued Against POCSO Accused; Directs Recall for Violation of Fundamental Right to Travel. LOC Issued Without Satisfaction of Conditions Under Official Memorandum Dated 22-02-2021; Court Finds No Evidence of Evasion or Flight Risk.

The case involved a writ petition filed by a senior data scientist seeking the recall of a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against him in connection wit...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in SC/ST Act Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Public View. Land Dispute and Caste-Based Allegations Fail to Sustain Conviction Under SC & ST Act

Criminal Law-- Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 363, 366, 506 and 376-- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012(POCSO)- Section 4-- The...

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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Minor Girl in POCSO Case. Conviction under Sections 302, 376(2)(f), 377, 363, 364, 367, 201 IPC and POCSO Act affirmed based on DNA evidence and circumstantial evidence.

The case pertains to the kidnapping, rape, unnatural sex, and murder of a 5-year-old girl by her neighbor, the appellant Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokad...

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Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Convict in Rape of Minor Under Section 376 AB IPC - Commutation of Death Sentence to Natural Life Imprisonment Maintained as Offence Deemed Barbaric Though Not Brutal, with Alternative Minimum Sentence of 20 Years Considered but Not Applied.

The Supreme Court considered a petition by a convict challenging the High Court of Madhya Pradesh's judgment dated 11.10.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.57...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Teachers in POCSO Case Due to Lack of Sexual Intent. Allegations of Calling a Student for Talking to a Boy and Using Abusive Language Do Not Attract Offences Under POCSO Act or IPC Sections 305, 354D, 509.

The petitioners, a drawing teacher and a physical training teacher at SDM High School, Dharmastala, sought quashing of Crime No.7/2024 registered by D...

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Karnataka High Court Acquits Accused in Part, Accepts State's Concession That Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act Not Attracted. Conviction Under Sections 366A and 302 IPC Under Scrutiny, Based on Last Seen Theory and Circumstantial Evidence.

The Karnataka High Court heard a criminal appeal preferred by the accused against his conviction by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shim...

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Bombay High Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in POCSO Case. The court held that the case does not fall within the 'rarest of rare' category and the possibility of reformation cannot be ruled out.

The case involves the confirmation of death sentence and appeals against conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (P...