If Section 438(4), CrPC is treated as an absolute bar on granting pre-arrest bail, there will be no protection available to innocent persons against whom false accusations are made, the Kerala High Court reasoned.
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to special courts for expeditious disposal of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).
A special court in Mumbai recently convicted a 26-year-old man for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for sexually assaulting and impregnating a 15-year-old.