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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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
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