MINOR TURNING HOSTILE WON’T TAKE POCSO ACCUSED OFF HOOK: BOMBAY HIGH COURT AND SAID ONUS ON ACCUSED TO ESTABLISH INNOCENCE

The Bombay High Court has ruled that even if a minor survivor in a sexual assault case turns hostile, under POCSO Act the responsibility is on the accused to establish innocence, and upheld a 10-year jail term given to Govandi youth for aggravated sexual assault in 2013 of a nine-year-old girl. The High Court said that POCSO was a special law, where presumption of guilt was on the accused; it is presumed the accused has committed the crime unless he can prove his innocence beyond doubt.

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PRIEST SENTENCED TO 10-YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING MINOR GIRL

A Hyderabad city court sentenced a priest from Bowenpally to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at her residence in Bowenpally in 2014.

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