The Meghalaya High Court recently held that even the slightest penetration of male sexual organ inside vagina will constitute the offence of penetrative sexual assault under Section 5 (m) of the POCSO Act.
A sexual assault even over underclothes will amount to rape, and the accused will be charged under Section 375 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, the Meghalaya High Court said today.
The respondents were directed to facilitate within a week counselling for the petitioner, a medical student aspirant of the NEIGRIHMS, and consider her admission against a vacant seat on merits