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Bombay High Court Directs Strict Compliance with Child Victim Rights in POCSO Cases. Court Mandates Implementation of Section 40 POCSO Act and Section 439(1-A) CrPC to Ensure Child Participation and Legal Assistance.

The petitioner, a social worker assisting child victims of sexual abuse, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court seeking enfor...

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Supreme Court Closes Suo Moto Proceedings on Child Rape Incidents, Directs States to Ensure Timely Investigation and Trial Under POCSO Act. Court Emphasizes Adherence to Statutory Timelines and Setting Up of Exclusive Courts for POCSO Cases.

The Supreme Court of India took suo moto cognizance of the alarming rise in reported child rape incidents based on news reports. The Court issued dire...

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High Court of Bombay Sets Aside Conviction Under Section 6 of POCSO Act for Failure to Prove Victim's Minority. Non-Production of School Birth Certificate Renders Ossification Test Insufficient Under Mandatory Age Determination Procedure.

Background: The present appeal arose from the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli, in Special Case (POCSO) No.61/2016, whereby the appel...

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Bombay High Court Criticizes Police for Lax Investigation in POCSO Case — Directs Proper Maintenance of Case Diary and Sensitive Handling of Victim's Identity. Court finds Investigating Officer ignorant of legal provisions and case diary requirements under BNSS.

The case involves a petition filed by the mother of a minor girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted at a Gurukul. The petitioner contended that the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision in POCSO Case — Probation Report Can Be Called Even Under POCSO Act. Section 4(1)(2) of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 is Not Barred by POCSO Act, 2012.

The applicant, Nishant Harishchandra Salvi, was prosecuted for offences punishable under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Pr...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petition to Quash POCSO Charges Due to Multiplicity of Child Victims Alleging Sexual Assault. Court Holds That Procedural Violations Do Not Vitiate Proceedings When Prima Facie Material Discloses Serious Offences, Requiring Full Trial.

The petitioner, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proce...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Suspension of Sentence in POCSO Case Where Victim Was Minor. Court Holds That Victim's Age Was Proved as 13 Years and Consent of Child is Immaterial Under Section 2(d) of POCSO Act, and Presumptions Under Sections 29 and 30 Apply.

This criminal miscellaneous petition arose from a conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The petitioner, a man fr...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Cognizance Order in POCSO Act Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 23. Journalists' Prosecution for Publishing Victim's Identity Without Proper Authorization Fails as Sanction Requirement Not Satisfied.

The petitioners, Gangadhar Narayan Nayak and Nagaraj Ganapati Naik, were accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Special Case No. 25/2018 pending before the Additiona...