The Telangana High Court while modifying a rape conviction under the POCSO Act, based on the sole testimony of a minor, held that it is imperative for Courts to ascertain whether a minor fully.
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The use of the word ‘rape’ by the minor victim in the absence of corroborative evidence cannot be the sole basis to assume that penetrative sexual assault had taken place, the Court said.
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