...relevant figures are mentioned, which are being extracted below:“7.1. Percentage share of different types of offences under Pocso (National Analysis...):Pocso Offence Rounded Percentage Penetrative sexual assault (Section 4) 32.1 Aggravated penetrative sexual assault (Section 6) 24 Sexual assault (Section 8) 31...Aggravated sexual assault (Section 10) 3 Sexual harassment (Section 12) 8 Use of children for pornography (Sections 14 and 15) 1 Abetment (Section 17) 2...

...alive to the condition of mental disability. Chapter III of the Pocso Act deals with using child for pornographic purposes and punishment therefor. Chapter IV deals with abetment of and...Section 2(1)(d) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short “the Pocso Act”), and the primary argument of the learned counsel for the appellant is that the...biologically 38 years of age, yet her mental age is approximately 6 to 8 years. In this backdrop, it is contended that the trial has to be held by the Special Court established under the Pocso Act...

...reversed burden of proof in statutes include Sections 29 and 30 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act in which there is presumption regarding commission and abetment of...shall be liable for abetment of offence under Section 23(3). Sections 23 and 24 are extracted hereunder:“23. Offences and penalties.—(1) Any medical geneticist, gynaecologist...(2) of Section 4 and such person shall be liable for abetment of offence under sub-section (3) of Section 23 and shall be punishable for the offence specified under that section...

...abuse of a position of vulnerability, as a form of abetment under the POCSO Act. The punishment for such abetment is the same as that prescribed for the primary offence... ............................................................................................ 119 POCSO Act ........................................................................ 128 f. Other institutional and policy...Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ("POCSO Act"). (iv) The Information Technology Act, 2000 ("ITA"). (v) The Juvenile Justice (Care and...

...Penal Code, 1860 (for short, “IPC”) and Sections 5 and 6 resply of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, ‘POCSO Act...arises from the First Information Report (FIR) registered for the offence punishable under Sections 376 of the IPC and the provisions of the POCSO Act, this Court must ensure that the...to be registered as the FIR No. 0064/2020 for the offence punishable under Sections 376 and 306 resply of the IPC and Sections 5 and 6 resply of the POCSO Act.6...

...the matter. The petitioner are admittedly resident of Mumbai. The question before the investigation agency is as to whether the provisions of Section 75 of the JJ Act or 12 of POCSO Act..., Section 25 of the Arms Act, Section 75 of the JJ Act and Section 12 of POCSO, Act, 2012 (earlier FIR No. 250 dated 08.09.2017 registered at Police Station Bhondsi, Gurugram) till next...being members of the conspiracy behind the murder of Master Pradhuman in the washroom of Ryan International School, Sohna Road, Bhondsi, Gurugram on 08.09.2017 and its abetment, destruction of the...

...under Sections 363, 366, 506 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short the "IPC"), Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short the "POCSO") and...fine amount, additional R.I. for 1 month. 4 of POCSO Act R.I. for 10 years and fine of Rs.1000/-, in default of payment of fine amount...after taking her forcibly subjected her to sexual intercourse. Offences under Sections 366, 376 and 506 IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act were added. Since the victim...

...force of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), the scope of sexual assault has been widened to include non...-consensual acts which have been criminalized by virtue of Section 377 IPC have already been designated as penal offences under Section 375 IPC and under the POCSO Act. Per contra, the presence of this...the classification adopted under the said Section has no reasonable nexus with its object as other penal provisions such as Section 375 IPC and the POCSO Act already penalize non-consensual...

...abetment of sati, as well as its glorification.II. Widow remarriage117. In accordance with long-standing custom, women (mostly from the dominant...Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 800, this Court was confronted with the inconsistency between the POCSO Act which criminalized sexual...of this inconsistency, a person could have been guilty under the POCSO Act but not under Section 375 of the IPC. This Court held that Exception 2 was violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the...