Madras HC Suggests To Exclude Consensual Sex With Girl Aged Above 16 From Rigours Of POCSO Act [Read Judgment]

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27 April 2019 12:13 PM IST

"More liberal provision can be introduced in the Act itself in order to distinguish the cases of teenage relationship after 16 years, from the cases of sexual assault on children below 16 years."

The Madras High Court has suggested to redefine the definition of 'Child' under Section 2(d) of the POCSO Act as a person below 16 years of age instead of 18 years so that any consensual sex after the age of 16 or bodily contact or allied acts can be excluded from the rigorous provisions of the POCSO Act. Justice V. Parthiban made this observation while acquitting a boy who was...

Madras HC Suggests To Exclude Consensual Sex With Girl Aged Above 16 From Rigours Of POCSO Act [Read Judgment]

LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK

"More liberal provision can be introduced in the Act itself in order to distinguish the cases of teenage relationship after 16 years, from the cases of sexual assault on children below 16 years."

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