News Kerala High Court Denies Bail to Father Accused of Sexually Assaulting Minor Daughter; Holds Mother Cannot Compromise Incestuous POCSO Offences or Stifle Prosecution RawlawAugust 17, 20266 min read
News Delhi High Court Upholds Taxi Driver’s Conviction for Raping Visually Challenged Girl; Reduces 20-Year Sentence to 14 Years as Trial Court Exceeded Sentencing Limits RawlawAugust 15, 202610 min read
News Delhi High Court Refuses Medical Interim Bail to POCSO Accused; Finds Condition Stable, Treatment Adequate and No Identified Need for Better Private Care RawlawAugust 11, 20266 min read
News Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction for Sexual Assault of 10-Year-Old Boy; Finds Child’s Testimony Reliable but Reduces POCSO Sentence From 20 to 10 Years RawlawAugust 11, 20269 min read
News Delhi High Court Acquits POCSO Convict; Holds Material Contradictions in Prosecutrix’s Statements Prevent Statutory Presumption and Entitle Accused to Benefit of Doubt RawlawAugust 5, 20265 min read
News Madras High Court Suspends POCSO Convict’s Sentence; Holds Pulling Minor’s Hand After Whistling May Constitute Harassment, Not Necessarily Sexual Assault RawlawAugust 3, 20265 min read
News Delhi High Court Says Child Victim’s Credible Testimony Alone Sufficient to Sustain Conviction for Aggravated Sexual Assault by Father. RawlawJuly 30, 20265 min read
News Madras High Court Confirms Death Sentence in Case Involving Repeated Aggravated Sexual Offences Against Three Children Below Twelve Years of Age, Holds the Case Falls Within the ‘Rarest of Rare’ Category RawlawJuly 1, 202613 min read
News Delhi High Court upholds POCSO conviction for sexual assault on three minor girls, reduces sentence for criminal intimidation, “Solely on account of defects or shortcomings in investigation, an accused is not entitled to get acquitted” RawlawJanuary 21, 20267 min read
News Delhi High Court grants bail in POCSO and trafficking case, holds failure to supply grounds of arrest renders custody illegal, “Any infringement of Article 22(1) would vitiate the process of arrest and remand” RawlawJanuary 21, 20267 min read