‘POCSO Act never meant to criminalise consensual relationships’, Allahabad HC grants bail to an 18 year old boy

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that the POCSO Act, which was enacted to protect children under the age of 18 years from sexual exploitation, has now become a…

Continue Reading‘POCSO Act never meant to criminalise consensual relationships’, Allahabad HC grants bail to an 18 year old boy

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ; ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—– ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

The Kerala High Court has observed that provisions of the POCSO Act were being misused by certain persons to wreak vengeance against their rivals with ulterior motives.  Justice A. Badharudeen…

Continue Reading๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ; ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—– ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

๐—•๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜

The bench was hearing an appeal filed by one Maherban Hasan Babu Khan challenging his conviction under charges of rape and other relevant provisions of the POCSO Act. As per…

Continue Reading๐—•๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜