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Can a court acquit an accused of an offense under The POCSO Act if a three-and-a-half-year-old girl fails to give an exact description of her private parts and identify the accused from his photo?

Posted on 11/09/202411/09/2024 by MyNation Leave a comment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY Criminal Appeal No. 440 of 2019 Decided On: 15.03.2023 Mahadev Gaur Bishwas Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Ors. Hon’ble Judges/Coram: Bharati H. Dangre, J. Citation: MANU/MH/1042/2023 1. ‘Little girls dance their way into your heart, whirling on the tips…

SC Judgment writing tip: A judgment of the Court must not contain the Judge’s personal opinions or his advise

Posted on 25/08/202425/08/2024 by MyNation 1 Comment

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Suo Motu Writ Petition (C) No. 3 of 2023 and Criminal Appeal No. 1451 of 2024 Decided On: 20.08.2024 In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents Hon’ble Judges/Coram: Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ. Citation: MANU/SC/0904/2024. FACTUAL ASPECTS 1. Criminal…

Whether accused should claim bail under POCSO Act or The SC & ST Atrocities Act if there is only passing allegations under POCSO Act in police papers?

Posted on 22/08/202422/08/2024 by MyNation Leave a comment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2589 OF 2023 Dinanath Manik Katkar …Applicant vs. The State of Maharashtra and Another …Respondents Ms. Pooja Agarwal, for the Applicant. Mr. M.G. Patil, APP, for the Respondent/State. Mr. Nitin Satpute…

SC: Under which circumstances the Superior court can revoke the bail granted to accused?

Posted on 14/08/202414/08/2024 by MyNation Leave a comment

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2023 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.6199 of 2023) BHAGWAN SINGH ….APPELLANT versus DILIP KUMAR @ DEEPU @ DEPAK AND ANOTHER ….RESPONDENTS WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2023 (@ Special Leave Petition…

SC: The State must provide ‘Support Persons’ for child victims of Sexual offenses as per the POCSO Act

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Writ Petition (Civil) No. 427 of 2022 Decided On: 18.08.2023 Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. Hon’ble Judges/Coram: S. Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar, JJ. Citation: 2023/INSC/745, MANU/SC/0899/2023,(2023)9SCC133. 1. The enactment and bringing into force of The Protection…

Delhi HC: A Woman who commits ‘Penetrative Sexual assault’ on a Child can be prosecuted under POCSO Act

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 09th August 2024 CRL.REV.P. 852/2024 SUNDARI GAUTAM …..Petitioner Through: Mr. Piyush Sachdev with Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Ms. Ayushi Arora, Ms.Anupama Gupta and Ms. Riya Datta,Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI …..Respondent Through:…

Supreme Court directions for speedy disposal of cases for offences under Pocso Act

Posted on 02/08/202402/08/2024 by MyNation Leave a comment

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Writ Petition (Civil) No. 76 of 2018. Decided On: 01.05.2018 Alakh Alok Srivastava Vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. Hon’ble Judges/Coram: Dipak Misra, C.J.I., A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. Citation: (2018) 17 SCC 291,2018 SCCONLINE SC 478, MANU/SC/0489/2018….

Delhi HC: Procedure to record evidence of child victim and its appreciation under the Pocso Act

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What are important factors to be considered by JJB or children court while doing preliminary assessment of juvenile as per S 15 of Juvenile justice Act 2015?

Posted on 16/07/202416/07/2024 by MyNation Leave a comment

In the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur (Before Parth Prateem Sahu, J.) Xyz Vs State of Chhattisgarh, through Police Station Sariya. CRR No. 962 of 2023 Decided on May 2, 2024 Citation: 2024 SCC OnLine Chh 4280. The Order of the Court was delivered by Parth Prateem…

Bombay HC: The court should record Evidence of victim of an offence Under Pocso Act within 30 days from chargesheet.

Posted on 19/03/202319/03/2023 by MyNation Leave a comment

In the High Court of Bombay (Before Revati Mohite Dere, J.) Atul Gorakhnath Ambale Vs State of Maharashtra Criminal Bail Application No. 3242 of 2019 Decided on April 1, 2022 Citation: 2022 SCC OnLine Bom 873 : (2022) 2 AIR Bom R (Cri) 478 : (2022) 4…

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Whether accused should claim bail under POCSO Act or The SC & ST Atrocities Act if there is only passing allegations under POCSO Act in police papers?

SC: Under which circumstances the Superior court can revoke the bail granted to accused?

SC: The State must provide ‘Support Persons’ for child victims of Sexual offenses as per the POCSO Act

Delhi HC: A Woman who commits ‘Penetrative Sexual assault’ on a Child can be prosecuted under POCSO Act

Supreme Court directions for speedy disposal of cases for offences under Pocso Act

Delhi HC: Procedure to record evidence of child victim and its appreciation under the Pocso Act

Bombay HC: The court should record Evidence of victim of an offence Under Pocso Act within 30 days from chargesheet.

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