POCSO Act was not enacted to punish minors in romantic or consensual relationship: Bombay High Court

The Court granted bail to a 23-year-old man booked for kidnapping and raping a minor girl, after noting from the statement of the victim's mother that the relationship was consensual.

POCSO ACT

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03 May 2023, 1:53 pm

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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was not enacted to punish minors in a romantic or consensual relationship, the Bombay High Court observed while granting bail to a 23-year-old man who was booked on charges of raping a minor [Imran Iqbal Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra].

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Bombay High Court

POCSO Act

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