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Once the consent of a minor prosecutrix is immaterial for registration of the offence, such consent shall remain immaterial at all stages, including for compromise, the Court said.
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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) was never meant to treat consensual romantic connections between teenagers as criminal offences, observed the Allahabad High Court.
The Court said that identification of pending cases will enable it to quash all such proceedings if they went against the interest of the minors involved, or if any abuse of process of law was involved.
The Supreme Court said that courts do not have the discretion to reduce the minimum sentences imposed for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).