Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 with Section 5 Archives

Supreme Court Convicts Accused in Child Murder Case, Reduces Death Sentence to 25 Years Imprisonment Without Remission

Supreme Court Convicts Accused in Child Murder Case, Reduces Death Sentence to 25 Years Imprisonment Without Remission LEGAL ISSUE: Assessment of circumstantial evidence in cases of murder and sexual assault of a child, and the imposition of the death penalty. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, specifically offences against children and murder. Case Name: Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar […]

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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence in POCSO Case: Mohd. Firoz vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (21 October 2022)

Supreme Court Modifies Sentence in POCSO Case: Mohd. Firoz vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Modification of sentence in cases involving offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, POCSO Act Case Name: Mohd. Firoz vs. State of Madhya Pradesh

Supreme Court quashes summoning order under Section 319 CrPC in POCSO case: Mani Pushpak Joshi vs. State of Uttarakhand (2019)

Supreme Court quashes summoning order under Section 319 CrPC in POCSO case: Mani Pushpak Joshi vs. State of Uttarakhand (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a person can be summoned as an additional accused under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) based on the statement of a child witness in a case of