Survivor's mental state 'normal', High Court gives relief to Pocso accused | India News

Survivor’s mental state ‘normal’, High Court gives relief to Pocso accused | India News

CHANDIGARH: A “victim’s absolutely normal mental state” after an alleged Pocso case offence raises serious doubts about the credibility of allegations, Punjab and Haryana High Court said in a recent order while suspending the five-year sentence of a teacher convicted of molesting a student. HC noted the Class VIII student attended a PTM with her…

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'Love, not lust': Supreme Court lets off Pocso convict; law must yield to the cause of justice, says apex court | India News

‘Love, not lust’: Supreme Court lets off Pocso convict; law must yield to the cause of justice, says apex court | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, using special powers under Article 142 to achieve complete justice beyond letter of law, has again come to the rescue of a young couple who were in a romantic relationship, but which resulted in commission of an offence because the girl was a minor. It acquitted the accused who had…

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