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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 Hears Appeal Against High Court's Acquittal of Accused in POCSO Act and IPC Rape Case Due to Procedural Irregularities. Case Involves Questions on Joinder of Trial Under Section 223 CrPC, Proof of Age, and Reliability of Victim Testimony in Sexual Offence Cases.

The appellant, father of a minor rape victim, filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's acquittal of the two accused under...

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Conviction Under Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Upheld – DNA Evidence Confirmed Biological Parentage

Conviction and Sentence Confirmed – Consent Obtained Under Misconception of Fact – Victim Below Eighteen Years of Age (a) Consent of Minor Irrele...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Hostile Witnesses and Lack of Evidence. Conviction under Section 354-A IPC, Section 363/511 IPC, and Section 8 POCSO Act Set Aside as Prosecution Fails to Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case arises from an incident on 26 January 2016, when the informant, a 16-year-old girl, along with her cousin sister, was walking to school for R...

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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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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Delay in FIR. Conviction under Sections 376 and 342 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal under Section 378(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the judgment of acquittal dated 24 July...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Kidnapping and Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Prosecution Failed to Prove Offences Under Sections 366A and 376 IPC Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Victim's Testimony Was Unreliable and Medical Evidence Did Not Support Allegations.

The appellant, Kadamban, was convicted by the Principal District & Sessions Judge, Tumkur, in S.C. No. 274/2012 for offences under Sections 366A (kidn...

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Bombay High Court Delivers Judgment in Confirmation Case and Criminal Appeals from Trial Court's Death Sentence for Rape-Murder of Minor. Court Analyses Circumstantial Evidence and Extra-Judicial Confession Under Sections 6, 7, 8 of Evidence Act; Conviction Based on Credible Testimony of Key Witnesses.

The case emanated from a heinous incident dated 22-08-2014 where a 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered near Hanumanwadi, Parner, Ahmednagar....