A court in Mumbai has convicted and sentenced a man to six months of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 for inappropriately touching a woman who was sitting next to him in a shared auto rickshaw. Meanwhile, the accused, who also had an opportunity to explain incriminating circumstances in his statement under Section 313 of the Criminal …
Correctness of the Bombay High Court judgment in Satheesh Vs State of Maharashtra in Criminal Appeal 161/ 2020 decided on 19.01.2021 is highly doubted. Section 7 of the POCSO Act reads as, " Whoever with sexual intent touches the vagina, PENIS, ANUS, or breast of the child….or any other act with sexual intent which involves physical contact ……is said to …
