...(1) of POCSO Act, punishable under Section 21 (1) thereof. 4. The stated FIR came to be registered against unidentified person(s) on the accusation of commission...the test of seriousness or otherwise of an offence of failure to discharge the legal obligation under Section 19, punishable under Section 21 of POCSO Page 12 of 28... "POCSO Act"), has been throttled at the threshold by the exercise of power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.'), without...

...sexually assaulted her. Therefore, a First Information Report was registered under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 21 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short 'POCSO Act..., the police filed a charge-sheet only under Section 21 of the POCSO Act read with Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (for short "the JJ Act...attributed to the appellant. 5. The learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant has invited our attention to Section 75 of the JJ Act. He submitted that even...

...appellants are concerned, allegations against them are under Section 201 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code, 1860 (for short “IPC”), Section 19(1) read with Section 21(1) of the Pocso Act...these appellants is primarily on account of purported commission of an act under Sections 19(1) of the Pocso Act. This section reads as under:“19. Reporting of offences.—(1...appellants.3. First information report under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short “Pocso Act”) has been registered in which...

... Page 10 of 66 accused persons were indicted for offences punishable under Sections 176/ 201/ 120B read with Section 21 (2) of POCSO Act...Section 21(2) of the POCSO Act applied for discharge before the Trial Court. 7. The Trial Court discharged the aforesaid accused vide order dated 19.02.2021...been committed by them. Thus, the necessary ingredients of offences punishable under Sections 176/201/120B of the IPC read with Section 21 (2) of the POCSO Act are not made out against...

...contact affects that other's sense of feeling”.21 Section 2(2) of POCSO enacts that “The words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal...the offence under Section 8 of the POCSO Act and convicted him for the minor offence under Sections 342 and 354 of IPC by making following observations:“18...the accused-Libnus s/o Fransis Kujur for the offences punishable under Section 448 and 354-A (1)(i) of IPC and Sections 8 and 10 read with section 9(m) and 12 of the POCSO Act. Being aggrieved...

...that such an offence has been committed. It was pointed out that the failure to discharge this obligation by itself is punishable under Section 21 of the POCSO. She pointed out that the social media...under Section 21 of the POCSO. 26. In the last, it was submitted that the issue as regards the plight of minors involved or used in child pornography is a matter of.... 250. Section 19 read with 20 & 21 of the POCSO is one such step towards recognizing this collective responsibility of the society in curtailing the issue of abuse and exploitation of children...

...POCSO Act (then, of course by unknown persons), in compliance with the legal obligation under Section 19 (1) of POCSO Act, punishable under Section 21 (1) thereof...not the test of seriousness or otherwise of an offence of failure to discharge the legal obligation under Section 19, punishable under Section 21 of POCSO Page 12 of 28...Penal Code, 1860, Section 4 and 6 of POCSO Act, Section 3(1)(w) and 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 3 of the...

..., as mandated by Section 19, is a punishable offence under Section 21 of the POCSO Act. Neither the POCSO Act nor the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules 2012..., Section 19(1) of the POCSO Act requires that any person, including a child, who has knowledge of the commission of an offence punishable under the POCSO Act, or an apprehension...that such an offence may be committed, is mandatorily required to provide information to the Special Juvenile Police Unit or the local police. Section 19(2) of the POCSO Act stipulates...

...amount to a violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed to the victim children under Article 21. The police must strictly implement sub- section (6) of Section 19 of the POCSO Act. If that is..., 2012 (for short, 'the POCSO Act'), Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, convicted the accused for the offences punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian...Penal Code, 1860 (for short, 'the IPC'). For the offence punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the accused was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years and pay a...

...: 5.1 The Court began by affirming that the jurisdiction exercised under Section 439 CrPC engages constitutional protection under Article 21. The right to bail has evolved beyond a purely...prescribe that medical determination of age under Section 164-A CrPC read with Section 27 POCSO Act is mandatory and is often a more reliable indicator than documentary entries. Reliance...that Sections 164-A CrPC and 27 POCSO Act obligate police to obtain the victim's medical age report at the commencement of investigation. Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and...

...Ashok Bhushan, J.— This appeal has been filed challenging the order of the High Court dated 21-2-2018 2018 SCC OnLine All 5929 by which the application under Section 482...accused were under Sections 323, 354, 504, 506, 452 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 4 of the Pocso Act.2.5. On the application, Misc. Case No. 14 of 2016 was.... The learned Sessions Judge by order dated 19-12-2017 summoned the appellants under Sections 323, 353, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 7/8 Pocso Act. The appellant filed an application under Section...

...Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, 'the POCSO Act') convicted the accused for the offences punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Sections 363 and 366...of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, 'the IPC'). For the offence punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, the accused was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for...of the accused for the offences punishable under clause (n) of sub-section 2 and sub-section (3) of Section 376 of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. This Court confirmed the...

...under Section 5(n) of the Pocso Act and punishable under Section 6 of the Pocso Act] the fact is that it is rape as conventionally understood, though Parliament in its wisdom has...and therefore not an offence in view of Exception 2 to Section 375 IPC thereof but it is an offence of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Section 5(n) of the Pocso Act and punishable...provides that the provisions of the Pocso Act are in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other law in force which includes IPC. Moreover, the section provides that in the...

...", respectively, hereafter). The Special Court having convicted A-1 under section 12 of the POCSO Act sentenced him to three (3) years' rigorous imprisonment together with a fine of Rs. 30,000/-, in...) and 12 of the POCSO Act. d) Upon completion of investigation, a report was filed under section 173(2), Cr.P.C. While A-1 was charged under sections 11(i) read with...section 12 of the POCSO Act and A-2 under section 17 of the POCSO Act, the proceeding against A-3 was dropped. e) Upon committal, charges for the offences under...

...under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for brevity “the Pocso Act”) and the second, speedy trial and monitoring of the trials under the Pocso Act in a child...was urged by petitioner who appeared in person that as far as cases under the Pocso Act are concerned, there should be speedy disposal of such cases and on a subsequent date, information was...of cases under the Pocso Act pending in various States and sought intervention of this Court for issuing directions so that sensitivity with regard to the said legislation is shown by the...

...of an offence of aggravated penetrative sexual assault punishable under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, ‘the POCSO Act...sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years for the offence punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and was directed to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/-. The respondent was...Allahabad. By the impugned judgment, the High Court held that the respondent was guilty of the offence of penetrative sexual assault punishable under Section 4 of the POCSO Act and not...

...under Section 5 of the POCSO Act. Section 5 of the POCSO Act deals with aggravated penetrative sexual assault and Section 6 speaks of punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault. Section 3 of...offence under Section 377 of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the 30 POCSO Act. The appellant has not rebutted the...a fine of Rs.10,000/- for offence under Section 364 and to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000/- for offence under Section 6 of the POCSO Act. No separate sentences were awarded for...

...Act, 2012, for short 'the POCSO Act'. 4 Special Sessions Case No. 16 of 2015 instituted on 21 st May, 2015...Penal Code5and Section 11 (D)/12 of the POCSO Act. The case set up by the prosecution against the respondent was that on 14thFebruary, 2015, he...framed under Section 354(D) of the IPC and Section 11 (D)/12 of the POCSO Act. 5 For short 'IPC' 6 Dated 26 th October, 2015...

...committing offense under Section 366 of the Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter “IPC”), but convicted under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereafter “POCSO Act...information report now included Section 6 and 17 of the POCSO Act as well as other offences, such as Section 506 of the IPC, Section 10 of the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006. The appellant...case and PW-16, IO, who concluded the investigation. The trial court held the appellant and others guilty; the appellant was sentenced inter alia under Section 6 of the POCSO Act to undergo...

...Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Courts in this country. On 15-7-2019, this Court had noticed (2020) 7 SCC 90 that there are...large number of Pocso cases pending throughout the country and we had requested that data be collected with regard to the number and pendency of such cases. Thereafter, Shri Surinder S. Rathi, Registrar...(2020) 7 SCC 87)“2.1. In each district of the country, if there are more than 100 cases under the Pocso Act, an exclusive/Designated Special Court will be set...