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| PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES (POCSO) ACT, 2012 |
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| PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES (POCSO) ACT, 2012 |
IPC — Ss 292, 342, 354, 509 & 376(2) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act — Section 5, 6, 14 — Offences under — contradictions, omissions & improvements in the evidence of victim girl — not trustworthy — Not proved that obscene photographs were of the victim girl or that of other girls —Material variance regarding place of occurance — prosecution case not supported by Medical evidence — no external injury on any part of the body including private part of the victim girl — her Hymen was intact — evidence of the victim girl, medical officer & other prosecution witnesses — not acceptable — cannot form basis for conviction—benefit of doubt — Conviction set aside. (Para 43) |
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| PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES (POCSO) ACT, 2012 |
IPC — S 376 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act — Section 5, 6, 14 — Age of victim girl — 14 yrs. — no external injury on any part of the body including private part — Hymen was intact — Held, if a girl of such tender age like victim girl is sexually assaulted by a grown up man, it is difficult to believe that the victim girl would not sustain any injuries on her private part — difficult to believe sexual assault — Acquittal. (Para 32) |
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