Tag: #SexualAssault

Critically examining the matter of skin to skin contact in POCSO cases

Introduction The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment Attorney General for India v. Satish and another put away the judgment of Bombay H.C. which held that skin-to-skin contact...

Aparna Bhat vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 329/2021 Equivalent Citation 2021 SCC OnLine SC 230 Bench Justice S Ravindra Bhat Justice AM Khanwilkar Decided On March 18, 2021 Relevant Act/Sections Section 376...

Red Soil Color had Assisted POCSO Accused Bag Acquittal: Madras HC

A single-judge bench of Justice P Velmurugan of the Hon’ble Madras High Court while hearing a woman’s appeal against the acquittal of a man charged with sexually assaulting her two-year-old...

Jharkhand HC Criticizes Investigating Officers for Defiance of Judicial Officers

The Jharkhand High Court, while hearing a bail application in a sexual assault of a minor case, gravely criticized the investigating authority and the officers of the case for defiance...