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Justice Bharati H Dangre of the Bombay High Court pulled up a special judge for awarding only 3-year-jail term to a 64-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year old girl under the POCSO Act.
Special Judge Kalpna Patil, presiding over the court set up under the POCSO Act, acquitted the accused on Sept 5
The High Court observed that the trial court's order revealed that it had granted bail to the accused in a "purely mechanical manner without expressing any opinion or without application of judicial mind on the facts and/ or merits of the case".
The Delhi Government had filed a plea seeking "leave to appeal" against a trial court judgment of November 15, 2016, acquitting a Muslim man of the offence punishable under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man accused under POCSO Act for consensual relationship with a minor girl.