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Bombay High Court: Opening Pant Zip, Holding Child's Hand Not Sexual Assault Under POCSO The ruling was passed by the same judge from the Bombay HC who said groping a minor without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ did not constitute as sexual assault.   |  28 Jan 2021 12:29 PM GMT MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has ruled that holding a minor's hands and unzipping one's pants in front of a minor will not fall under the definition of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. The judgement was held by a single judge bench of Justic...

Bombay High Court judge quashes another POCSO conviction Updated: Updated: January 28, 2021 23:15 IST Justice Pushpa Ganediwala’s order says “holding hand of victim” and “opening zip of pant” are not sexual assault. Share Article Justice Pushpa Ganediwala. Photo: bombayhighcourt.nic.in   Justice Pushpa Ganediwala’s order says “holding hand of victim” and “opening zip of pant” are not sexual assault. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday held that “The acts of ‘holding the hands of the prosecutrix’ (female victim), or ‘opened zip of the pant’ in ...

Photo for representation Holding the hands of a minor or the zip of the pants of the accused being open at the relevant time does not amount to sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, the Bombay High Court has held. The judgment was delivered by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala on January 15, four days before she held that groping a minor without skin-to-skin contact was not sexual assault under the Pocso Act. The January 15 order was passed while hearing a mother who had accused a person of holding her daughter’s hands and taking her into a room while th...