A court in Chitradurga ordered the release of Muruga Mutt seer, who has been in custody since September 2022 in connection with a Pocso case. | Latest News India
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.
Shivamurthy Sharana, the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math who has been in custody since September last year facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, was released from the jail here on Thursday. The High Court of Karnataka granted him bail on November 8.
The Delhi High Court will be considering a question as to whether victims of sexual assault are to be informed about the provisions of surrender of children, that are born and later given for.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently held that the failure to report crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) is a bailable offence.