Calcutta High Court division bench disposes of a PIL filed by practicing advocate of the High Court alleging improperinvestigation in respect of the incident of rape upon aminor girl by two drunken young men.
A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court allowed the bail application of the accused seeking bail under Sections 363, 366, 504, 506, 376 IPC & Sections 3/4 of P.O.C.S.O. Act, Police Station Mitauli, District Lakhimpur Kheri, during the pendency of trial.
Karnataka High Court heard to enlarge the petitioners on bail in their arrest in Crime of Gudibande Police Station, Chikkaballapura District, for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(i)(n) of IPC, Section 5(L), 5(m), 6 of POCSO Act and Sections 9, 10 of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Sanjay Kumar @ Pintu asked the newly appointed Advocate General of the state to take appropriate remedial measures so that under the POCSO Act.
The Bombay High Court has observed that touching private parts of a minor and kissing on lips do not amount to unnatural offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
On 19th April 2022 the Supreme Court bench had observed that the maximum punishment prescribed may not always be the determinative factor for repairing the crippled psyche of the offender.