The High Court had in June 2020 modified the trial court's conviction of the accused from penetrative sexual assault to the lesser offence of sexual assault.
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.
The Sikkim High Court last week held that slight penetration of male sexual organ inside vagina will constitute rape and aggravated penetrative sexual assault even in the absence of any visible physical injury