Touching Minor's Hand Sans Intention To Molest Won't Amount To 'Sexual Assault': Tripura HC Acquits Man Of POCSO Charges

The Tripura High Court recently acquitted a man booked and convicted under, inter alia, Section 8 of the POCSO Act [Punishment for sexual assault] for allegedly touching a minor's hand as the Court noted that the prosecution and the victim had said nothing about the intention of the accused to molest.The Bench of Justice Arindam Lodh, which was hearing an appeal filed by the accused against...