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The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the act of inserting a finger into the vagina of a minor girl would amount to an offence of 'penetrative sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) [Nawabuddin vs State of Uttarakhand].