The Allahabad Excessive Court docket in a Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case of the alleged rape of a minor woman dominated that grabbing the breasts and snapping the pajama strings of the sufferer don’t represent rape or try to rape however a severe sexual assault.
In line with the information company ANI, the accused, who’ve been recognized as Pawan and Akash, allegedly grabbed the breasts of the sufferer (11), tearing her pajama string, and tried to pull her beneath a culvert. Subsequently, the accused fled from the scene after a passer-by got here to her rescue.
The incident is of Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj and the case is registered at Patiyali police station.
Petitioners Akash, Pawan, and Ashok had been initially known as to be tried underneath Part 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Part 18 of the POCSO Act. Now, the courtroom has directed that the accused must be tried underneath Part 9/10 (severe sexual assault) of the POCSO Act together with the minor cost of Part 354-B IPC (assault or use of felony pressure with intent to disrobe).
Additional, ANI reported {that a} single bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra has modified the summons order of Particular Choose POCSO Court docket of Kasganj. The courtroom has ordered a contemporary summon and mentioned that the summons issued on the cost of rape isn’t authorized.
In line with Hindustan Instances, Ashok the daddy of Pawan and the third petitioner, has been summoned underneath Sections 504 and 506 of the IPC. He allegedly abused and threatened the sufferer when she approached him after the incident.
Part 504 of the IPC addresses “intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace’ and part 506 of the IPC offers with “felony intimidation of the IPC.
Speaking to the information company, Advocate Vikas Pahwa mentioned, “This provides a nasty sign to the whole felony justice society the place we really feel that if someone commits an offense, he will probably be punished. The Courts need to be a bit cautious of laying down the regulation. After we discuss Excessive Courts and the Supreme Court docket, we discuss laying down the regulation…Now we have to be a bit cautious coping with such delicate points.”
Moreover, Rajya Sabha MP and former chief of NCW, Rekha Sharma, additionally speaking to ANI, weighed in on the matter and mentioned, “If the judges aren’t sensitized, then what’s going to the ladies and kids do? They need to see the intention behind an act. NCW ought to go to the Supreme Court docket in opposition to this. Judges must be informed that they can not make such judgments. That is completely flawed, and I’m in opposition to it.”
#WATCH | On Allahabad HC’s commentary that “Holding breast, breaking pyjama’s string isn’t a criminal offense of rape”, Rajya Sabha MP & former chief of NCW, Rekha Sharma says,” If the judges aren’t sensitised, then what’s going to the ladies and kids do? They need to see the intention… pic.twitter.com/CGZq8PfS5c
— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2025
(with ANI inputs)
