The Bombay HC has said that several countries have reduced the age of consent for adolescents to enter into a consensual sexual relationship and it is high time our country and Parliament are also cognizant of the happenings around the world.A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre expressed concern over the increasing number of criminal cases under the POCSO Act, where the accused are castigated even when the victims, being adolescents, maintain they were in a consensual relationship.
#POCSO #India #HC
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/age-of-consent-under-pocso-perhaps-highest-globally-high-time-india-takes-note-of-global-scenario-bombay-hc/articleshow/101729154.cms

A #POCSO court in Baran, #Rajasthan has sentenced a government school teacher to 10 years of imprisonment for raping and threatening a minor girl student 7 years ago, a public prosecutor said on Thursday.
https://trib.al/JM2VgvR #press

A #POCSO court in Baran has sentenced a government school teacher to 10 years of imprisonment for raping and threatening a minor girl student 7 years ago, a public prosecutor said on Thursday.
https://trib.al/TXIuhJq #press

#BrijBhushanSharanSingh case | Delhi's Patiala House Court commences hearing on the cancellation report filed by Delhi Police in the #POCSO case. This case was registered on the complaint of a minor wrestler. #press

16-year-old can decide on sex, says #Meghalaya high court, junks #Pocso case http://toi.in/MTBNGZ41/a24gk #press

#HTMindTheGap | #Scoop on @Netflix delivers a message about ambitious women. Why is a trait so desirable in men such a loaded word for us? Plus charges filed against #BrijBhushanSharan Singh (but #POCSO is missing). In Karnataka, the Congress govt gets down to work, repealing the… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1670237259986247681 #press

#DelhiPolice said that there was no corroborative evidence against #BrijBhushanSharanSingh in the second case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (#POCSO ) Act

(@SANJEEVKJHA1 and Deepankar Malviya report)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-lawmaker-brij-bhushan-singh-charged-with-sexual-harassment-pocso-act-delhi-police-seek-case-cancellation-101686822433455.html #press

#DelhiPolice said that there was no corroborative evidence against #BrijBhushanSharanSingh in the second case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (#POCSO ) Act

(@SANJEEVKJHA1 and Deepankar Malviya report)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-lawmaker-brij-bhushan-singh-charged-with-sexual-harassment-pocso-act-delhi-police-seek-case-cancellation-101686822433455.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-lawmaker-brij-bhushan-singh-charged-with-sexual-harassment-pocso-act-delhi-police-seek-case-cancellation-101686822433455.html #press

The court held that proceedings of rape cases and proceedings under #POCSO Act can be quashed by it if no offence is made out against the accused from the material available on record

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/allahabad-hc-allows-quashing-of-rape-cases-and-pocso-act-proceedings-if-no-offence-is-made-out-against-the-accused-101686745863186.html #press

Although #POCSO was enacted to protect children from sexual harassment, its unintended effect has been the criminalisation of romantic relationships between consenting young adults, writes @Aaratrika_11

https://trib.al/KR9pzSv #press

Although #POCSO was enacted to protect children from sexual harassment, its unintended effect has been the criminalisation of romantic relationships between consenting young adults, writes @Aaratrika_11

https://trib.al/5CGyUry #press

The father of the minor wrestler on whose complaint a case under the #POCSO Act was registered by Delhi Police against former Wrestling Federation of India chief #BrijBhushanSharanSingh said

(@Sunilrahar10 reports )
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/father-of-minor-wrestler-recants-allegations-against-ex-wrestling-federation-chief-under-pocso-act-after-fresh-statement-101686162233883.html #press

The two FIRs, including one under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (#POCSO) Act, were filed on the basis of complaints of the six #wrestlers and the father a minor one on April 28

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-mp-brij-bhushan-sharan-singh-accused-of-sexual-assault-on-wrestlers-firs-filed-under-pocso-act-101685703438280.html #press