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Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC s Order on Skin to Skin Contact for POCSO Sexual Assault After Uproar
The Supreme Court of India. (Image: PTI)
The Bombay High Court, modifying a sessions court order that held a man guilty of a minor s sexual assault, had ruled that groping a child without skin-to-skin contact with sexual intent does not amount to the offence under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Bombay High Court s controversial order acquitting an accused, which had stated skin-to-skin contact necessary to be classified as sexual assault under the POCSO Act. Attorney General KK Venugopal said the order would set a dangerous precedent.