Can't Presume Class XII Student Is Minor, Highly Preposterous: Delhi High Court Questions Police Over Addition Of POCSO Charge In Rape Case

The Delhi High Court has slammed the police for invoking Section 6 of POCSO Act against an accused in a case of alleged rape, purportedly on the basis of an assumption that since the victim was a class XII student, she must be a minor.During the hearing of a petition seeking quashing of the rape case on the basis of a compromise between parties, Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar asked the...