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 act of a man holding the hands of a minor girl, stroking it and saying the same is beautiful, wouldn't amount to the offence of sexual assault under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The Court pointed out that one should not forget administration of justice is not one way traffic, and criminal justice must be imparted on the basis of the case and counter case.