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The Meghalaya High Court recently ruled that touching the vagina of a minor with penis amounts to the offence of 'aggravated penetrative sexual assault' under Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) [Thoura Darnei v. State of Meghalaya].