Bombay HC grants bail to Varavara Rao in 2016 Surajgarh mines arson case on medical grounds
Bombay HC grants bail to Varavara Rao in 2016 Surajgarh mines arson case on medical grounds
Varavara Rao is one of the accused in the 2016 Gadchiroli arson case where Maoists had burnt down at least 80 vehicles used for transporting iron ore from Surajgarh mines.
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UPDATED: February 23, 2021 21:06 IST
File photo of P Varavarao Rao being produced before a court in Pune in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Varavara Rao (82) has been granted bail in the Gadchiroli arson case for six months
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Holding hands of minor, opening pant zip not sexual assault under POCSO: Bombay HC ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 19:09 IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has held that the act of holding the hands of a minor or unzip the pant of the accused does not amount to sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
On January 15, the Nagpur bench acquitted a man of offences under Section 8 and Section 10 of POCSO Act. However, he was held guilty under Section 354 (1)(i) of IPC and Section 12 of the POCSO Act.
The courts said considering the nature of the offence and the sentence prescribed, the aforesaid acts are not sufficient for fixing the criminal liability on the appellant/accused for the alleged offence of aggravated sexual assault .
SC stays Bombay HC order acquitting man under POCSO citing no skin-to-skin contact
A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order.
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Updated: Jan 27, 2021, 04:41 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Bombay High Court order which acquitted a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act citing that an act that does not constitute skin to skin contact can not be termed as sexual assault.
A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order.