The Delhi High Court recently granted bail to a 23-year-old man in a POCSO Act case arising from a “consensual physical relationship” with a girl who was minor at the time of the incident, observing that putting him in the “company of hardened criminals will do more harm than good to him”. A single-judge bench […]
An accused in a POCSO case in Mumbai had to be escorted back to the police station for a COVID-19 test, causing inconvenience to police officials. Despite low COVID-19 cases, mandatory tests for accused before lodging them in jails are still in place. There are only two testing centers in Mumbai, causing logistical challenges for jail authorities. The police cannot keep accused in general lock-ups after granting judicial custody, leading to further difficulties. | Mumbai news
A single judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted the girl was 12 years old at the time, and the man was about 34 years old and married. It said "despite being the teacher" of the girl he had committed the offence of "outraging her modesty, kissing, hugging, and touching her private parts".