Power To Grant Leave Must Be Exercised With Care As The Presumption Of Innocence Is Further Strengthened By The Acquittal - Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court refused to intervene in the acquittal order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge wherein a man was acquitted of charges under section 6 of the POCSO Act for having consensual sexual intercourse with a woman who misrepresented her age before the said man. In State v. Kaishar Ali, a criminal leave petition was filed by the State where it submitted that the...