[POCSO] Not Safe To Fasten Liability On Cop Who Waited To Record Informant/Victim's Statement Due To Unavailability Of Female Officer: Kerala HC
Manju Elsa Isac
25 July 2024 3:46 PM IST
![[POCSO] Not Safe To Fasten Liability On Cop Who Waited To Record Informant/Victims Statement Due To Unavailability Of Female Officer: Kerala HC](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2023/04/12/750x450_467983-patna-high-court-orders-trial-court-to-meet-the-stipulation-of-monitoring-victims-age-for-cases-under-section-342-of-pocso-act.webp "[POCSO] Not Safe To Fasten Liability On Cop Who Waited To Record Informant/Victims Statement Due To Unavailability Of Female Officer: Kerala HC")
The Kerala High Court has held that there is no scope to put criminal liability on a police officer for asking the victim and her mother to come the next day to give their statement regarding an offence under the Protection of Children Under Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) due to there not being any woman officer at the police station.The court said that while a police officer is...
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